Advance Thoughts on Harold & Kumar Sequel
This entry was posted on 4/24/2008 6:50 AM and is filed under Musings.
A full review should follow tomorrow, but it's worth noting that
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the follow-up to
2004's inspired stoner comedy, is a hell of a lot of fun. Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, co-writers of the first film, make their directorial debut with the movie, and the delicious uniformity of vision creates a wild ride.
Harold & Kumar is first and foremost (as well as maybe second and third) a lewd, pot-infused re-imagination of The Odd Couple, but racial expectations, male sexual subjugation and topical political humor all get a hilarious workout, as well as
the current president’s unresolved daddy issues. What makes this work so well is a game cast, and the movie’s ability to honestly and confidently depict white fear with a feverish intensity, while also exposing its ludicrousness. Oh, and there’s also
a groundbreaking "bottomless party" scene. Yes, as in the opposite of
topless...
