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The only Pineapple Express review you will ever need


“Pineapple Express” really requires little in the way of in depth analysis. It’s all there in the opening speech by Seth Rogen, who as the lead character in this movie plays a pot-smoking process server. He’s in his car, talking to a talk show radio host about the wonderful attributes of marijuana. Among them is this: being high makes even bad movies good.

Yes, it’s a little “metafiction” moment—the actor is in character talking about the movie he, the actor, is actually acting in. Whoa.

What he says also happens to be true in the case of “Pineapple Express.”

If you’ve ever smoked pot, you’ll get the in-jokes about the lifestyle, like the strange relationship you end up having with your drug dealer (played in this film by James Franco, who gets it just about right. Or, ah, so I’m told). Otherwise, you’re going to find a lot of this beyond stupid. And frankly, even if you are high as a kite, it’s going to get pretty bad when the “action adventure” portion kicks in as the final reel unspools. If I had reviewed this on BOT, I would have given it two sprockets — but two and a half if you are stoned (or, ah, so I would guess). And three if you are smoking pineapple express.

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