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Richard Corliss, Time: MODERATE "...lively, ripely, blithely obscene.... finally wears down the disapproval of reluctant viewers with its cheerful demeanor and a late heart transplant." (Read the full review...) 1,084 words, 11/03/11 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: WEAK (cg) "...inordinately jacked up with visual effects and peppy holiday music, but nothing can disguise the fact that this series has run out of steam, that the film's stars have outgrown the roles that made them famous." (Read the full review...) 524 words, 11/03/11 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...merrily outrageous, over-the-top fun.... wouldn't you know it, a 3-D movie that actually works." (Read the full review...) 721 words, 11/04/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR (cg) "...more of the same, but less of the impact, like weed from a bad dealer.... Say it isn't so. H&K are past their sell-by date. Way past." (Read the full review...) 204 words, 11/03/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...silly, if uneven, fun.... While it mocks 3-D technology, it also makes relatively fresh use of it... It also pokes fun at tired holiday movie conventions... offers a few surprises." (Read the full review...) 443 words, 11/04/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...seems a little tired. It's one thing to get a laugh with a lot of baby poo thrown at an SUV window. But when the poo is still there an hour later, you wonder how intensely anyone cares." (Read the full review...) 704 words, 11/04/11 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: EXCELLENT (cg) "I guarantee it's the only film you'll see this year to feature an entirely convincing 3-D cocaine snowstorm. Do not try this at home, people!" (Read the full review...) 607 words, 11/03/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...never goes quite as far as 'The Hangover' films, but it comes close. What's problematic about this is that the filmmakers have mistaken 'outrageous antics' and 'envelope-pushing' for 'funny.' " (Read the full review...) 1,048 words, 11/05/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Neil Patrick Harris, that stoned baby and a stunning riff on the tongue-stuck-to-a-pole scene in 'A Christmas Story' will, for fans of this franchise, make this a blissful holiday season indeed." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 11/04/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "These doobie-doing dudes turn out to be as welcome as the holiday chestnuts on the soundtrack. To be blunt, they belong here - God help 'em." (Read the full review...) 450 words, 11/04/11 Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: WEAK "By now, there's no catching anyone off-guard with these two... Neil Patrick Harris, at least, brings a cynical brio to his scenes. But the 3-D only makes the general not-funniness that much closer." (Read the full review...) 309 words, 11/04/11 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...goes out of its way to offend virtually everyone, including Mexicans, Jews, African-Americans and especially evangelical Christians. In addition to topless nuns, Jesus makes an appearance, accompanied by a pair of topless female angels..." (Read the full review...) 556 words, 11/04/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "More hits than misses in this dependably dopey yuk-fest. Great 3-D effects, too." (Read the full review...) 356 words, 11/04/11 Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: VERY GOOD "...a perfectly calibrated Christmas cheer machine designed to prove the awesomeness of friends, family, and drugs." (Read the full review...) 578 words, 11/05/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...seems a little tired. It's one thing to get a laugh with a lot of baby poo thrown at an SUV window. But when the poo is still there an hour later, you wonder how intensely anyone cares." (Read the full review...) 704 words, 11/04/11 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...makes good use of the extra dimension. Clouds of pot smoke drift in front of your nose, a Claymated dong nearly hits you between the eyes, an arc of jizz almost lands in your hair.... [but] the film has no real political targets..." (Read the full review...) 393 words, 11/09/11 Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: WEAK (cg) "Neil Patrick Harris makes a quip that he'll see the guys in the fourth feature. Let's put a stop to that notion right now. That's all I want for Christmas, dudes." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 11/04/11 Dave McGinn, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The laughs may not be as strong as they were the first time, and the sense of discovering something fantastically illicit may have faded to mellow, familiar charms that come with the occasional giggle fit, but that's life as a stoner comedy." (Read the full review...) 682 words, 11/04/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Is it a new holiday classic for the ages? Not really. But it's funny and it's weird, and it uses 3-D really well." (Read the full review...) 169 words, 11/03/11
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "It's silly, silly stuff, and the movie knows it. But if you can't laugh at yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?" (Read the full review...) 650 words, 11/04/11 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...nearly as funny as the first ['Harold & Kumar' movie] and funnier than the second... succeeds in its heroic quest to leave no stoner unturned. Think of it as 'Airplane!' with controlled substances." (Read the full review...) 454 words, 11/04/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK (cg) "...there's nothing sadder than a 30something stoner, years of smoking and pounds of attacks of the munchies having taken their toll." (Read the full review...) 521 words, 11/04/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...will stuff your stocking with profane, perverse, politically incorrect glee.... It's all so wrong that it's irresistibly right." (Read the full review...) 378 words, 11/04/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a ridiculous stoner comedy that upends a few conventions while working harder for laughs, which don't come quite so easily anymore. What saves the film, to the extent that anything does, is that it's aware of that fact.... that and the innate likability of the two stars..." (Read the full review...) 395 words, 11/04/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD (cg) "...unnecessary, drug-addled, and very funny..." (Read the full review...) 547 words, 11/04/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: WEAK (cg) "...no fun at all, no matter how wrecked you are. Ratings note: The film contains full-frontal nudity, strong language, and violence. Oh, and drug use. Duh." (Read the full review...) 531 words, 11/04/11 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR (cg) "You know how 3D films have gone beyond in-your-face gimmickry to explore the rich artistic possibilities of a new technology? Well, not this one.... let us demand a moratorium on coked-out-baby jokes, which seriously kill the buzz." (Read the full review...) 425 words, 11/04/11 Soren Andersen, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Some of the humor is actually subtle... But most of it is broad and bawdy. Fans of the stoner duo wouldn't have it any other way." (Read the full review...) 378 words, 11/04/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Santa Claus gets a shotgun blast to his head, Jesus hosts a heavenly party with topless angels and a toddler gets high. A twisted mind is required to appreciate this movie. I suppose I'm guilty as charged." (Read the full review...) 507 words, 11/04/11 Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (cg) "...proudly ridiculous stuff." (Read the full review...) 329 words, 11/04/11 Rick Bentley, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) "...the film version of regifting. No matter how good the product, there's no big reason to get excited because you've seen it before." (Read the full review...) 417 words, 11/04/11
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...makes good use of the extra dimension. Clouds of pot smoke drift in front of your nose, a Claymated dong nearly hits you between the eyes, an arc of jizz almost lands in your hair.... [but] the film has no real political targets..." (Read the full review...) 393 words, 11/09/11 Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: MODERATE (cg) "...feels all too much like it's simply going through the motions.... 'Harold & Kumar's' heart is in the right place. Now if only they'd found a way, as they did with the previous films, to also make it funny." (Read the full review...) 762 words, 11/03/11 Ann Lewinson, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Inventively directed by Emerson alum Todd Strauss-Schulson... funnier than 'Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'... The 3D is mandatory; a little weed wouldn't hurt either." (Read the full review...) 158 words, 11/10/11 Nathan Rabin, AV Club: EXCELLENT (cg) "...elevates shit flying at the screen in 3-D to an art form... much of the film's shaggy stoner charm lies in its aggressive artlessness. The filmmakers throw everything at the audience, literally and metaphorically, and the results are exhilarating rather than exhausting." (Read the full review...) 362 words, 11/03/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: MODERATE (cg) "...an extravaganza of bad taste that in the end just tastes bad." (Read the full review...) 767 words, 11/03/11 Nick Schager, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "Penned with surrealist wit by series creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and helmed with zany panache by director Todd Strauss-Schulson... overflows with inspired craziness..." (Read the full review...) 629 words, 11/03/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Is it a new holiday classic for the ages? Not really. But it's funny and it's weird, and it uses 3-D really well." (Read the full review...) 169 words, 11/03/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: POOR (cg) "The only good thing I can say about this flick: I'm glad to see a successful, popular franchise featuring two nonwhite actors in (mostly) color-blind roles -- I even really like Cho and Penn. I just can't stand Harold and Kumar." (Read the full review...) 403 words, 12/09/11
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Neil Patrick Harris, that stoned baby and a stunning riff on the tongue-stuck-to-a-pole scene in 'A Christmas Story' will, for fans of this franchise, make this a blissful holiday season indeed." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 11/04/11 Ian Buckwalter, NPR: GOOD "...may lack some of the surprisingly insightful subtext of 'White Castle,' but it never lacks for pure entertainment value." (Read the full review...) 608 words, 11/03/11 Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "By now, there's no catching anyone off-guard with these two... Neil Patrick Harris, at least, brings a cynical brio to his scenes. But the 3-D only makes the general not-funniness that much closer." (Read the full review...) 309 words, 11/04/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: GOOD "...proudly unambitious... Because I enjoy Harold and Kumar's company (or maybe just the company of Cho and Penn, who are pals off screen), I'm willing to forgive them a lot." (Read the full review...) 780 words, 11/04/11 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: EXCELLENT "...full of imaginative, outrageous and egregiously insulting 3-D gags.... I'm pretty sure [the co-writers and director] are all Jewish, but hell -- nobody's ever crafted Christmas entertainment like the people of the Torah." (Read the full review...) 944 words, 11/04/11
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...hit-or-miss... a string of cartoonish, often violently over-the-top episodes, barely held together by the reliable odd-couple pairing of John Cho and Kal Penn." (Read the full review...) 749 words, 11/03/11 Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...as harmless as it is stupid so neither the claymation schlong nor a seriously drugged child should offend.... the filmmakers are counting on someone to think this is all edgy humor when in fact Cheech and Chong beat everyone to the punch years ago." (Read the full review...) 876 words, 11/03/11 Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "By now, there's no catching anyone off-guard with these two... Neil Patrick Harris, at least, brings a cynical brio to his scenes. But the 3-D only makes the general not-funniness that much closer." (Read the full review...) 309 words, 11/04/11 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: VERY GOOD "Neil Patrick Harris, that stoned baby and a stunning riff on the tongue-stuck-to-a-pole scene in 'A Christmas Story' will, for fans of this franchise, make this a blissful holiday season indeed." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 11/04/11
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