Review of A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) by Anthony L — 24 Jun 2012

Having seen both HAKGTWC and HAKEFGB (excellent name shortening there huh?) I felt is was my duty as a staunch completionist to sit down and watch the latest incarnation of the Harold and Kumar franchise.

I didnâ(TM)t see this in 3D but I wish I had just because they made it painfully obvious that this was more of a movie that kind of mocks 3D as opposed to those crazy people who take it seriously.

The clear highlights in this film were the references to all of the past films, Neil Patrick Harris and every second of screen time he has, and of course Danny Trejo wearing the absolute best and without a doubt tacky Christmas shirts. There is also a pretty decent Patton Oswald cameo at the start of the film as well.

To me the first film was a pretty flawless comedy that (as an added bonus) actually featured two guys who arenâ(TM)t white or black in the leads. The second was hit and miss with the funny, and this installment was no different. Donâ(TM)t get me wrong though there was a lot of laughing, and I had a great time watching it, there were just moments that werenâ(TM)t all that great or could have been left behind all together.

There is actually a pretty kind and sweet story about friendship hidden among the clouds of pot smoke and claymation wangs. In fact story wise it might be the best of the three, but we arenâ(TM)t really going for a solid story, we go for the large amounts of funny.

All in all Iâ(TM)d say this is a worthy chapter and a pretty good close to the trilogy (if they choose to end it there) but as you might expect, there were a few doors left open for more films.