A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Name: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Released: 2011-11-4
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Amir Blumenfeld, Paula Garcés

R
1h 30m
2011

68%

age 17+

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John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their classic yet clueless roles in this holiday comedy that picks up six years after the dubious duo's last Guantanamo adventure. After years of growing apart, Harold and Kumar are preparing for their respective Christmas celebrations, when a mysterious package arrives at Kumar's door. In his attempt to deliver it to Harold's house, he inadvertently burns down the family's prized Christmas tree. Now, the hapless pair set off on another ill-advised and hilariously half-baked adventure in New York, on Christmas Eve, in search of the perfect Christmas tree.

Director:

Todd Strauss-Schulson

Producer:

Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane, Nicole Brown, Richard Brener, Michael Disco, Samuel J. Brown

Writer:

Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Cast:

John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Amir Blumenfeld, Paula Garcés, Danneel Harris, Tom Lennon, Danny Trejo

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

68%

Critics Consensus: Still raunchy, still irreverent, and still hit-and-miss, this Harold & Kumar outing also has a Christmas miracle: The audience gets to see the sweeter side of the duo.

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

If you're easily offended this isn't the film for you.

This new film is not nearly at the same level as the first two films of the series. [Full Review in Spanish]

Crass as some of them may be, there are laughs to be had here.

In its own patently cockeyed and determinedly impious way, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas embraces the fellowship of the holiday spirit. It's friendly and also impossibly ridiculous.

Insane high jinks, of course, ensue, some of which involve Neil Patrick Harris, who revitalized his career in the first film.

January 5, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Raucous, crude stoner comedy is funny but not for kids.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the third "Harold and Kumar" stoner comedy follows the best pals on a late-night Christmas Eve adventure in which they rediscover their lost friendship ... and, in the process, get really, really high. There are endless scenes featuring drugs and drug references (including a recurring gag with a drug-taking baby), plus tons of swearing ("f--k," "s--t," and much more), graphic violence, crude comments, gratuitous nudity (male and female, boobs and butts), suggestions of underage sex, and teen drinking. All of that said, the film does have heart, and Harold and Kumar's friendship -- as always -- is a strong one.