Bohemian Cinema By Jonathan Pacheco

“Pineapple Express”: Movie in the Head

Tags: Comedy, Judd Apatow, David Gordon Green, Pineapple Express, The House Next Door

At The House Next Door, I take a look at the much anticipated comedy of the summer, Pineapple Express:

“Pineapple Express”: a weather condition in which a jet stream of warm air from the region around Hawaii travels all the way up to the likes of Canada, bringing winds and rains. More importantly to Saul (James Franco), this occurrence allows one to grow some of the dopest dope ever smoked, a breed of potent weed so rare that he is the only dealer in town selling the stuff, which presents a problem when his client Dale (Seth Rogen) discards a half-finished roach of it at the scene of a brutal murder. Rogen, co-writer of the resultant film, has described Pineapple Express as Superbad crossed with Up in Smoke and Die Hard, with maybe a dash of 48 Hours. Sounds like an interesting ride, and it’s all the more intriguing with the addition of director David Gordon Green, the conductor of this particular train.

Read my entire review of Pineapple Express.