Review of A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) by Jacob S — 11 Aug 2012

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas is a very enjoyable movie. Or at least I thought it was. I admit this isn't my kind of humor and when I went to go see it with my friends, I went in with really low expectations. I didn't think I'd laugh once or enjoy as much as I did. To my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas.

The humor here is pretty funny but sometimes it went a bit overboard. I did not need to see Kumar's claymation penis pop out in front of my face in 3D. That was a little too much and when you see Harold's penis get stuck to a pole that was a bit much also. Other than that the humor was great though I'm sure some people found the toddler getting high on multiple drugs(Cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy) a bit offensive and too much. I found it funny, so if that isn't your type of humor I'd skip this movie.

The story and plot are stupid but that's to be expected of a Harold & Kumar film but it's stupid-funny so hopefully you won't care as much like me. The acting is pretty good here no complaints in that field everyone gave a nice performance, I thought Neil Patrick Harris was brilliant. His part was just so funny. The dialogue can sometimes be offensive and crude but it was mostly funny. The 3D in this film was actually pretty good..? Yea a lot of stuff pops out at you, but consistently, and they kind of poke fun at the 3D a bit. I was a bit surprised that the 3D in this movie was better than most of the movies that came out in 3D this year.

Overall, a nice surprise. It's stupid but funny, and fun. It's a Harold and Kumar movie what do you expect? The acting is great, and the same can be said for the 3D surprisingly. Just don't walk in this movie with high expectations. I just wish they would have released this film a bit later, I wasn't in much of a Christmas mood when I saw it, If it had been released in December I probably would have enjoyed the nice Christmas/family themes even more. 3.5/4 stars.