Pineapple Express

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Pineapple Express

R

2008

1h 52m

Comedy

Action

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Stoner Dale Denton's (Seth Rogen) enjoyment of a rare strain of marijuana may prove fatal when he drops his roach in a panic after witnessing a murder. Upon learning that the fancy weed can be traced back to them, Dale and his dealer (James Franco) go on the lam, with a dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole) and crooked cop (Rosie Perez) hot on their heels.

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Critics Consensus

Both funny and scattershot, this loose-knit action/buddy/stoner comedy bridges genres and keeps a steady tempo of low-ball laughs.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/23/2018

This is a baggy, pointless, tiresome film, which is also messy, puerile, cack-handedly gruesome and plain unfunny.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

09/12/2008

2/5

Apatow's former confidence about not underestimating the intelligence of his audiences seems to have largely disappeared.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

09/12/2008

3/5

No sooner did the woeful Step Brothers suggest Judd Apatow's comedy empire was starting to spread itself thinner than a banana skin under an anvil, he strikes back with this almost-classic.

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Sean Axmaker

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08/19/2023

What keeps the film so engagingly off-balance is the mix of perfectly pitched stoner humor and the visceral punch of the genre mixing...

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/28/2020

5/10

The quality of the content rises and falls like the ever present waft of marijuana smoke.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

11/15/2020

Given that Pineapple Express is undoubtedly a lot funnier if you're as high as the heroes when you watch it, its future cult status is assured.

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MariofanAlex445 T

@RT47678067 Aug 14

For a stoner movie this was incredibly fresh and entertaining. I feel like 99% of them fall into the same traps and archetypes but by putting the characters into a situation like this it forced them to think differently about where the comedy would come from. It was very fun and I recommend it. 4/5 stars.

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Jane C

@JaneConquest Jul 30

One of the greatest comedy movies ever made. Endlessly quoteable

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Antony B

@RT29664284 Jul 27

Seth Rogen spends the entire movie looking like a man who's realizing every bad decision has somehow unlocked an even worse decision, while James Franco floats through the chaos with the confidence of someone who thinks every terrible idea is actually "a vibe." The plot begins with one guy witnessing something he absolutely shouldn't have seen, then immediately snowballs into the kind of beautiful disaster where every attempt to fix the problem somehow creates three new ones. It's like watching dominoes... except the dominoes are on fire and arguing with each other. The chemistry between the cast is comedy gold. Every conversation feels like it wandered off the script, found something funnier, and decided not to come back. Just when you think the movie has peaked, it casually throws another ridiculous fight, chase, or painfully awkward conversation at you.

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Brandon K

@TheKeizer Jul 11

The best stoner movie ever made.

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Christian K

@ckacar Jun 18

A chuckle worthy stoner comedy that's a little too action focused for its big moments. Has a lot of strong comedic performers in their prime.

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R T

@RT58459622 May 31

Filmaço pra ver fumado, ou não

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Synopsis

Stoner Dale Denton's (Seth Rogen) enjoyment of a rare strain of marijuana may prove fatal when he drops his roach in a panic after witnessing a murder. Upon learning that the fancy weed can be traced back to them, Dale and his dealer (James Franco) go on the lam, with a dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole) and crooked cop (Rosie Perez) hot on their heels.

Director: David Gordon Green
Producer: Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Screenwriter: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Sexual References|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $87.3M
Runtime: 1h 52m

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