Review of Half Baked (1998) by Brendan N — 03 Jun 2017
This film came out in the era of Billy Madison, Austin Powers, Happy Gilmore and Waynes World. In this context the film has lived on quite well but it had a backing from the studio that never separated it.
The cult films like Slacker and Clerks created an indie comedy movement that swamped these high budgeted type of films. This film can only have an audience in the teenage bracket, I had held this film in high prestige for years but rewatching the film you realise it's not the cult classic once thought.
This is much better then the bigger budgeted romantic comedies of that era but it doesn't have smart jokes, it goes for the quick humour and that's the reason why this clever concept never reaches grand heights.
04-06-2017.
This review of Half Baked (1998) was written by Brendan N on 03 Jun 2017.
Half Baked has generally received mixed reviews.
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