Day 34: Pineapple Express (2008, Dir. David Gordon Green)
This high concept comedy from the Judd Apatow funny factory pulls together a stoner/bromance comedy with some big budget action; and it kind of comes together too.
The problem is in trying to mix so much together all of the aspects get a bit blurred, and whilst it might have the well paced energy throughout its attraction diminishes as the comedy gets sidestepped for the importance of the action scenes which has been done better countless times elsewhere.
The characters are effective, likeable and kind of believable too in that we can probably recognise the stoners from some point in our lives. However accurate these characterisations are they ultimately becomes somewhat of a curse to the film, the jokes just become a bit easy and somewhat lazy so by the end I just was a bit beyond caring. It would be to easy to dismiss this film for its druggy joke premises alone, deeming it to be merely immature and silly but the simple fact is it just doesn’t have as much of a punch as seen in so many of its recent peers.
Pineapple Express is still an entertaining film with some genuine charm, effective action and a fair dose of laughs, but ultimately it is a forgettable trip.
6/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910936/
Extra: Still, could have been worse… it could have been Year One.
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