PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
When process server and stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) accidentally witnesses a murder, he and his drug dealer (James Franco) take it on the lam.Ā This surprisingly hilarious comedy offers the same buddy-buddy ingredients as in co-writer Judd Apatowās own movies and fuses them successfully with what might be described as a satire of 1980s action-comedies; plenty of blood and action, but so outrageously done that one canāt help laugh. Much of the material is familiar, but thereās a constant barrage of funny jokes and the casting is perfect; Rogen has rarely been better and Franco hits the right note as the dealer whoās desperate for a real friend.
2008-U.S. 112 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced by Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson. Directed by David Gordon Green. Screenplay: Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg. Cast: Seth Rogen (Dale Denton), James Franco (Saul Silver), Gary Cole (Ted Jones), Rosie Perez, Danny McBride⦠Ed Begley, Jr., John Krasinski, Bill Hader, James Remar.
Trivia:Ā Rogen allegedly first wrote the part of Saul for himself.
Quote:Ā āItās weed, itās a joint, itās a roach. I thought it was decriminalized. To be honest with you, I have horrible anorexia and it helps my appetite. Iām so sorry.ā (Rogen explaining his joint to a cop)
Last word: “We took from many different movies. Iām a big fan of āā80s action movies ā Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Paul Verhoeven, ‘Tango & Cash’. I was definitely influenced by those. I donāt love a lot of weed movies out there, I gotta say. They donāt speak to people who donāt smoke weed. They also donāt generally function as actual movies.” (Rogen, Fandango)