Preview: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

R for “adult themes” such as beer pong, whorehouses, and male appendages frozen to telephone poles – because apparently “adult” is a synonym for “juvenile”

Release Date: November 4, 2011

It seems at this point like Neil Patrick Harris has better things to do.

Like host every award ceremony ever. Or star in How I Met Your Mother and Sondheim. Or arrange his twins’ playdates with Elton John’s kid. Or – you know – catch a nap, or try out a new recipe, or beat his high score on winterbells.

Not that I have anything against getting high with Kal Penn – if it’s good enough for Barack Obama, it’s good enough for me. But Neil Patrick Harris is a busy man, and I’m not convinced this film belongs on his to-do list.

Although if Smurfs makes the cut, it’s hard to quibble. ~Ben Orlin

3 Responses to Preview: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

mikegerber

October 15, 2011 at 12:25 pm

I remember seeing the first Harold and Kumar in the theaters and really enjoying myself. Wasn’t the second one supposed to be dreadful? Would being high help?
Orlin

October 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Saw the first one at a friend’s house – totally clean evening – and liked it a lot. Sequels both look terrible.

Being high would probably help, but – speaking as a straight-edge nerd who has never had that particular experience – I suspect that even when you’re high, there are STILL better things to do than watch this movie. Like watch running water, or make pancakes.
mikegerber

October 16, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Well, I’m even straighter edge than you, Ben, having had many more years of possible temptation. But my wife (a proud graduate of Wisconsin) is pushing me to try medical marijuana. If I also try medical Harold and Kumar, I’ll let you know.