This is the kind of movie where they pick up a hitchhiker, and ask him, "Are you Neil Patrick Harris?" and find out that he is. Harold and Kumar eventually find themselves, inexplicably as far as they are concerned, on the campus at Princeton, where the students may be Ivy Leaguers but, like students everywhere, occasionally unwind with ear-shattering demonstrations of flatulence. Alarming fluids erupt from its protuberances volcanic activity on the Jovian moon Io comes to mind. Freakshow has a complexion so bad, it upstages sausage pizza. Consider Freakshow ( Christopher Meloni), an auto mechanic who comes to their rescue after they run off the road while wearing what John Prine calls illegal smiles. It is an item of faith in comedies that if you leave the main road, you will instantly be in a land inhabited by people who did not learn all they know about chainsaw massacres from the movies. If there were, it's questionable whether they could find it, as they careen through the night on a journey that makes the travels of Cheech and Chong look like outings in the Popemobile. Kumar seems to remember that there is a White Castle near where they live in New Jersey.
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Harold and Kumar are getting stoned one night when a White Castle commercial plays on TV and gives them a slider fixation. That the dean is played by the benevolent but obscurely disturbed Fred Willard lets you know this process will not be without setbacks. Kumar Patel ( Kal Penn), an Indian-American, is a party animal whose parents think he's about to enroll in med school. Harold Lee ( John Cho) is a serious, bookish, shy Korean-American accountant. Californians believe the burgers at In 'n Out are better, but that is because they do not appreciate the secret of Steak 'n Shake, expressed in its profound credo, "In Sight, It Must Be Right." (Many people believe the names of In 'n Out and Steak 'n Shake perfectly describe the contrast in bedroom techniques between the coast and the heartland.) The only hamburger worth that much trouble when you're clean and sober is at Steak 'n Shake. Through the night? If you're stoned and have the munchies, as Harold and Kumar are, and if you're in the grip of a White Castle obsession, the answer is clearly yes. Is a slider worth the trouble leaving home and journeying miles
Because this column is read in Turkey, Botswana, Japan and California, I should explain that "sliders" are what fans of the White Castle chain call their hamburgers, which are small and cheap and slide right down. "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," on the other hand, is about two very specific roommates who want to smoke pot, meet chicks and eat sliders in the middle of the night.
The summer has been filled with comedies that failed because they provided formula characters, mostly nice teenagers who wanted to be loved and popular. I realize this is a lofty beginning for a review about a stoner road comedy, but there you are.
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