How High (2001)

Grab your favorite munchies, kids. Red and Meth, that dope-addled dynamic duo, are going to Harvard! And while it's not an episode of Masterpiece Theatre, How High is destined to become a guilty pleasure of the cannabis crowd. The plot's a familiar one--take the basic selling points of any Cheech & Chong movie (a pair of shambolic protagonists who smoke lots of weed while slinging slang and driving funky, '70s-style cars), graft them onto a generic "raising hell on campus" teen movie scenario, and shake vigorously. The result is a prosaic effort that does contain some all-too-brief moments of genuine humor. Red and Meth, a.k.a. Redman and Method Man, may look like the world's oldest freshmen, but both offer genial performances, especially Method Man, who imbues the character of Silas with a dog-eared gentleness that raises him above the film's leaden script and plasticine directing. --Rebecca Levine Amazon.com

Funny flick

How High is just what Amercia needed in this year, a funny flick that doesn't take itself seriously. The plot is good and the acting by Method Man whose always good is great. Redman and Mike Epps both steal every scene their in as does as Hitz as I Need Money. My only problem with the film was the lack of nudity. But I still give it a 5/5. September 14, 2008

HOW HIGH

OMG ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER.. ESP WATCHING WITH FRIENDS... REDMAN AND METH ARE DEF AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME ON THIS FILM... ESP WHEN THERE IN CLASS IN THE BEGINING OF THE FILM.. June 16, 2008

Terrible!!

My product was scratched and it skipped...it was too late to return it, so I am stuck with a non working product January 7, 2008

So bad... it is Good.

Don't expect much, and you won't be disappointed. Stupid plot, even stupider moral message. Offensive, over-the-top... but very funny if you are in the right mood. November 6, 2007

Racism Ruins Everything

I saw this film for the first time last night. Two of my friends insisted it was very funny and I needed to see it, so I did. The beginning of the movie showed promise, and I expected it to be something in the vein of Half-Baked. It wasn't. Except for a couple laughable moments, How High is nothing but an incredibly racist piece of trash. I am white and found the movie endlessly offensive. I'm disappointed that my friends (also white) enjoyed it at all.

There is no question that many films have been made that disparage black people and I in no way approve of that, but two wrongs do not make a right. Every white character in this movie was either a racist jerk or a complete moron. I'm so tired of seeing these films that treat all Caucasions like wimpy, thoughtless idiots, sending a message of black superiority. Everybody just needs to stop this kind of nonsense. It's fine to have a racist character in order to make a point, but this story had absolutely no heart and was utterly dispicable!

I remember hip-hop culture becoming trendy when I was in my early teens. Everyone started wearing the baggy clothes and talking like an ignorant gangsta. I even did it for a while, but soon got over it. The people who act this way need to grow up. Life is too short and important to waste being fake. So many black folks seem to detest other black folks who speak clearly, are educated, and successful. They say that these people have compromised their own culture and are "acting white." What?! You cannot act like a different race! I have all the respect in the world for anyone who wants to make something of themselves and doesn't resign themselves to drugs and violence. Also, know that blacks who are proper and respectable HATE blacks who embrace the stereotype of lazy pot-smoking loserdom.

You may think I am taking this movie too seriously since it was intended as a comedy, but I don't think so. My purpose in writing this review is to say that racism of any kind is not funny. I hope Method Man and Redman realize that before making another picture.

August 22, 2007

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