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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe laughs -- mostly crude, profane and drug-addled -- are almost non-stop.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's a quality movie even if the material is unworthy of the treatment. As a result, yes, it's a druggie comedy that made me laugh.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversYou'll go limp from laughing.
- 75NPRBob MondelloNPRBob MondelloProbably the most artful of the Apatow Factory comedies so far, but that's not to suggest it doesn't take being sweetly dumb just as seriously as the rest.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe humor in this movie is smart enough that even a moderate level of intoxication or inebriation is not necessary to enjoy it.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenIt's with that action aspect that Pineapple Express differs from Apatow's previous production output, and though, the words "taut" and "pulse-pounding" would never apply, the giddily over-the-top fight sequences, choreographed by veteran stunt coordinator Gary Hymes, handily compensate for the lag time.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAround the midpoint, Pineapple Express falls apart and keeps falling, and the comedy, spiced with considerable, unevenly effective violence in that first hour, goes out the window, and in comes all the gore and the bone-crunching.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe 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."
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis rambunctious paean to pot retains the trademark Apatow sweetness even as it careens from messy vulgarisms to even messier violence.
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIt's empty and formulaic, with plotting that's lazy even by stoner-comedy standards. Without all the yuck-o sight gags, it would be a huge bummer.