Review of Pineapple Express (2008) by Mohammad Javad H — 27 Dec 2012

Good movie...

The two leads obviously had lots of fun playing stoners and the chemistry was good. I didn't feel the writing was as strong as in other Apatow/Rogen flicks, nor was it as funny. To be fair, I think it would be much more amusing for viewers familiar with weed (or on it... ;-). The action part of this comedy was OK although I can barely remember any of it now. I do wonder if it detracted instead of helped. It has a few inspired comedic moments but there were stretches, especially near the end, that were just so-so. Nothing much to say about the directing, as usual for those movies, it's competent but you don't really notice anything extraordinary. I enjoyed that.