Abbott and Costello. Martin and Lewis. Cheech and Chong. All of the above, but may even the greatest of em all, Hope and Crosby (da Bing is on the soundtrack). With this, their third uproarious comedy, Harold and Kumar are on the road to Christmas and it is everything a completely tasteless, extremely funny movie should. It is a blast.
When last heard from Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) were escaping from Guatamo Bay in a pretty damn good political comedy if your idea of comedy is getting arrested as terrorist for lighting a bong in an airplane toilet just to start an endless series of riffs on racism.
This time round , it is five years later and Harold is happily married to a lovely Mexican woman with a psychotic father and Kumr is still getting stone. But things are about to change. Kumar discovers his ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child, Harold hopes that decorating the family Christmas tree will gain Harold his father in law's respect and a package for him arrives at Kumar's door. Kumar drops it off, and pretty soon the tree is burnt down and the former best friends are in search of a replacement before 2am Christmas morning.
One disaster follows another, including the daughter of a Mafia chief who wants Harold to deflower her (she doesn't do blacks), a toddler being exposed to every major drug in the world, Santa being shot by Harold, and, best of all, the return of Neil Patrick Harris -who died in the second movie, returned to Earth because he was stealing all of Jesus's chicks in heaven. This NPH is a brilliant creation, a girl crazy druggie without a surviving moral, who only pretends to be straight: his Radio City Christmas Spectacular parody is the highlight of the movie.
Well, that and the mountains of drugs being flung at us in 3D and the pot smoke rings ain't the best, the mountains of coke to "White Christmas" on the soundtrack is the best.
Speaking of the music. There is, inevitably, a lot of Christmas songs and some of them must have cost a lotta bucks. Also Neil's credible Christmas medley is fun. But the best musical Kumar singing Wu Tang Clan's Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothing To Fuck With" to quiet a toddler, isn't on the actual soundtrack!
Here is the track listing:
. . It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas (feat. Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra) – Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
2. It’s A Weederful Life – Kal Penn & Patton Oswalt
3. Donde Esta Santa Claus – Augie Rios
4. The Christmas Toy Of The Season – Eric Kissack, Allyson V. Lengers, Gabriel Anderson & Greg Finley
5. Carol Of The Bells – Paul Oakenfold & William Ross
6. You Lost Your Gangsta Grill – RZA & Da’vone McDonald
7. Sleigh Ride—Johnny Mathis
8. Meeting The New Besties – Kal Penn, John Cho, Tom Lennon & Amir Blumenfeld
9. Has Anybody Seen Kris Kringle? – C.J. Webbe
10. Daddy Fat Sax – Big Boi
11. I Told Her You Work For The White House – Kal Penn, John Cho & Amir Blumenfeld
12. Ave Maria – The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Dougie Houser – Envy
14. Party’s Over – Tom Lennon
15. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
16. It’s a Very Jolly Day (For You to Die) – Gregtronic
17. I Thought You Were Gay – Neil Patrick Harris & Melissa Ordway
18. Christmas Medley (Deck the Halls / Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town / Little Drummer Boy / We Wish You A Merry Christmas) – Neil Patrick Harris & Eric Kissack
19. A Sock Filled With Baby Powder – Kal Penn, John Cho & Richard Riehle
20. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Bing Crosby
Novie: A-
Music: B
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