The movie is jampacked with jokes, sight gags and set pieces guaranteed to appeal to the audience's sense of the preposterous.Read Full Review »
80
Village Voice: Robert Wilonsky
A savvy nod to 1980s action comedies, down to the Huey Lewis original that plays over the end credits. But its greatest achievements lie in the tossed-off non sequiturs, the pop-culture (and Scott Baio) allusions, and the unexpected respites in the midst of all the bang-bang-boom.Read Full Review »
75
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
It ends up subverting its own subversion, arriving at a place that can only be called conventional.Read Full Review »
75
ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The humor in this movie is smart enough that even a moderate level of intoxication or inebriation is not necessary to enjoy it.Read Full Review »
70
Slate: Dana Stevens
Laugh for laugh, Pineapple Express is way funnier than "Superbad." It may be the funniest mainstream comedy released so far this year (not that that means much when you've got "The Love Guru" pulling down your average).Read Full Review »
63
Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Disappointingly, Pineapple Express is less than the sum of its ingredients, even if it's still a good stupid time at the movies.Read Full Review »
63
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
The movie's too long - and the violence and mayhem are unexpectedly harsh and heavy - but Franco's inspired, looped performance is right up there in the annals of reefer filmdom with Jeff Bridges' the Dude in "The Big Lebowski."Read Full Review »