Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Aug 19, 2023

What keeps the film so engagingly off-balance is the mix of perfectly pitched stoner humor and the visceral punch of the genre mixing...

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 28, 2020 5/10

The quality of the content rises and falls like the ever present waft of marijuana smoke.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Nov 15, 2020

Given that Pineapple Express is undoubtedly a lot funnier if you're as high as the heroes when you watch it, its future cult status is assured.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 20, 2020 3.5/4.0

Franco is the true revelation.

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Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) May 5, 2020 3/5

Plenty of strong laughs for unimpaired onlookers as well, but be prepared for a jarring, violent finale.

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Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News Oct 29, 2019 B-

Unfortunately, director David Gordon Green is never able to sustain any comic momentum... Don't get me wrong, "Express" is still good enough that I left entertained -- just not nearly as much as I hoped I would.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 6, 2019 3/4

Cheech and Chong have found new heirs apparent in the form of Saul and Dale, in a film destined to be a new stoner classic.

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Eileen Jones The eXile Oct 30, 2018

I admit I enjoyed Pineapple Express more than I expected.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator Aug 23, 2018

This is a baggy, pointless, tiresome film, which is also messy, puerile, cack-handedly gruesome and plain unfunny.

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Stephen Himes Flak Magazine Jun 7, 2018

David Gordon Green seems to have used this template as some sort of experiment... Green's method is like a stone-cold killer in a John Woo movie: He makes us laugh, then immediately shoots us in the face.

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Mark Asch Stop Smiling Aug 24, 2017

The party got out of hand towards the end, and we probably should have booked out before we got too tired.

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Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Aug 22, 2017

You would have to smoke a great deal of the stuff to make Pineapple Express seem like a good movie, although from the assorted giggles at the Rio Theatre, the audience was ripped and receptive.

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Simon Miraudo Quickflix Oct 21, 2014 4.5/5

High-ly recommended.

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Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk Oct 14, 2012 3/5

Given that cast, crew and audience were and will be baked throughout, Pineapple Express just about earns itself a pass.

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Wesley Morris Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 2/4

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Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Nov 17, 2011 2/5

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Kelly Vance East Bay Express Aug 15, 2011

This is possibly the first time a blackened, burnt corpse is played for laughs. It all flows by like so much sugar water.

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Stella Papamichael Digital Spy Jul 14, 2011 3/5

In the end, that feel-good factor overrides occasional moments of discomfort.

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Matt Soergel Florida Times-Union Dec 24, 2009 3/4

The movie runs red with both blood and cherry Slushies ... There's also more male affection on display here than, well, since 'Superbad' and that cowboy movie that people still complain to me about.

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Anders Wotzke Moviedex Oct 31, 2009 3/5

Enjoyable, but probably only as funny as it thinks it is if you're as high as Judd Apatow's salary.

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