Shawn's Harold and Kumar Review

2008 Movie #53 - Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

So I already mentiobed before that the first Harold and Kumar is one of my favourite comedies and that I have seen it a ridiculous amount of times. Therefore I was both excited and scared about this four year later sequel. Thankfully in the end it didn't let me down. It's not as good as the first, but it retains the same charm and over the top situations the first one had and is still a really funny movie.

First off, not enough sequel start literally minutes after the first one ended. I can only think of a couple that have done that and I always enjoy when movies do that. It's a great way of seamlessly continuing the story and I look forward to watching both this movie and the first one back to back as if it was just one long awesome movie.

You know there really isn't much to say about this one, as I find with almost all of my comedy reviews. It's really funny, has all the dirty jokes you can imagine (I think it even tops the first one in this regard) and also has a pretty decent message in the end. The cast is top notch, with the highlight once again being Neil Patrick Harris as himself.

I don't think this one was as funny as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, so it's not the best comedy of the year, but it's certainly the second best. We'll see where Baby Mama places if I ever actually get around to watching it.

*** 1/2 /5