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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.4012
Avg Critic Score:2.3295

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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford) Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
It's laugh out loud funny, and once the screenwriters figure out how to resolve's Patrick Harris's return, they still have Amsterdam. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford) Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
...has the same spirit of non-stop comedy as its predecessor and strikes the same chord in the hearts of those of us who appreciate a good laugh. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas) ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Easily the funniest movie since Superbad and a more than satisfying sequel. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for MSNBC (Alonso Duralde) MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
[A]ctually scores more points off the nation's paranoid and repressive post-9/11 mindset than all of Hollywood's hand-wringing war-on-terror dramas put together. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves) eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Giddy brain-dead fun that goes to such pains to debunk stereotypes that the debunking itself becomes a joke. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)

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Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler) CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
They've given their raunchy comedic world more depth, and it pays off with even bigger laughs than those found in the first one. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott) New York Times (A.O. Scott)
[The movie's] idiocy serves the cause of good sense and intelligence. And no, I'm not smoking anything. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff) San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
If you're tough enough to go with the filthy flow, Escape from Guantanamo Bay is, at times, bust-a-gut funny. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea) Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Offers a mix of nasty toilet jokes and sex gags, but the gratuitous nudity (male and female) and crazy cannabis-ness are there to serve a greater good: to mock social and political hypocrisy, a culture steeped in prejudice and pretense. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake) San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake)
Whether 'Guantanamo Bay' could have succeeded in spawning a franchise on its own is questionable, but it hits more often than it misses. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride) Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
It's lost some of the outrageous edge found in the original film, but there is still plenty of irreverent laughs ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan) Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Isn't it amazing that a "stoner comedy" could be so profound? ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy) ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Sad to say, the sequel is a comparative bust. If the relative potency of the two films were graded like cannabis, White Castle would be Maui waui and Guantanamo Bay would be ditch weed. Rendition to Gitmo, the shorthand for America's prison facility in ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom) Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
There isn't really much plot to Harold and Kumar, just a lot of scatological humor, sex and body parts as well as body function jokes. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal) Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The sequel proves you can still have fun with Harold and Kumar, but you can never go back to White Castle again. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Joe Leydon) Variety (Joe Leydon)
In its own wacky way, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay is one of the ballsiest comedies to come out of Hollywood in a long time. No kidding. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Variety (Joe Leydon)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller) NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)
A prison sex slave rebellion having to do with an organ sandwich, don't ask, and a detour over to Bush's secret sex den, make this ballsy doper duo and their Blue State versus Red State rant hard to resist. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen) LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
...laces its copious gross-out gags, pothead humor and female nudity with the smartest social satire this side of 'The Daily Show.' ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest) Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Sharp satire, dick and fart jokes... and Neil Patrick Harris! ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein) San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
The film is carried by its charismatic stars, John Cho as Harold and Kal Penn as Kumar. Kumar plays Laurel to Harold's Hardy, continually getting the pair into messes. Cho is a marvel at displaying exasperation, his face contorting into a frown. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias) Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
Any comedy zany enough to include a veiled, left-field reference to Clara's Heart has something going for it. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Adam Graham) Detroit News (Adam Graham)
The film is far from an intelligent commentary on America's race relations...but at a time when race is at the forefront of the American discussion, it presents the topic in a way at which we can laugh. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Detroit News (Adam Graham)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten) Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
The satire is anything but nuanced in this zany comedy targeted to the 17-35 set, and that's just how its audience likes it. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey) ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
In spite of their dubiously short stay at the prison of the film's title this multi-culti screwball buddy comedy, about stoner goofballs Harold and Kumar, properly roasts post 9/11 America with an irreverent vengeance. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov) Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
No less eager than its predecessor to use pointed political incorrectness to poke fun at our prejudices. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek) Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Nothing matches your first time, but Escape From Guantanamo is still a liberating low humour experience. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar) Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
The most shocking thing put forth in Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay just might be the proposition that George W. Bush is actually a pretty cool guy. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton) Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Insightful this film may not be, but that's never its aim. It's about making us laugh at the silly antics of a couple of dudes we met before and pretty much like. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen) ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
I think that's the greatest thing about these Harold & Kumar movies. They make stereotyping look ridiculous. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (Erik Davis) Cinematical (Erik Davis)
The HIGHly-anticipated sequel to 2004's Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle comes just how you'd expect it: raunchy, wild, disgusting and completely absurd. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Cinematical (Erik Davis)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark) FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
While Guantanamo Bay isn't as consistently funny as its predecessor, it does capitalize on the fact that the world is even more screwed up now than it was four years ago. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton) Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
If Doogie Howser and dime bags are more your thing, then this film will most likely hit the spot. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow) Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Cheerfully offensive, cheekily raunchy, happily outrageous, and often just plain disgusting, the movie avoids the usual sophomore slump by ramping up the political jabs while keeping it all unpretentious and moving quickly. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman) Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A fitfully funny if somewhat less excellent sequel. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Projection Booth (Rob Humanick) Projection Booth (Rob Humanick)
After two films of their joyous irresponsibility and hedonistic pleasures, I can say with confidence that I wouldn't want to live in a world without them. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Projection Booth (Rob Humanick)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell) Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
This is one of those rare pictures that can gross you out and make you think at one and the same time. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss) Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
The gross-out and gay-panic humor is overdone, but like its predecessor, the movie makes some cogent if clumsy points about racial identity. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone) Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
If frat boy gutter humor is what it takes to get Korean-, Indian-, Latino-, African- and Jewish-Americans major roles in the same Hollywood film, so be it. Just don't stay in that gutter. And wherever you go next, be sure to keep Corddry and Harris around ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson) Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Because the satire is less subversive and more overt than before, what you see is basically what you get. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek) Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay embraces America's capacity for decency and kindness. The possibility that we could actually be that great country isn't just a pipe dream. Only sometimes you need a pipe to truly believe in it. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh) TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Hurwitz and Schlossberg's sensibilities are coarse, juvenile, lewd, relentlessly tasteless and sometimes surprisingly perceptive when it comes to the glorious variety of racial stereotyping. The film isn't subtle but it can be funny. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig) USA Today (Claudia Puig)
A guilty pleasure that retains the anarchic charms of the original. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey) Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is no political tract, but it can be surprisingly bold. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
It's sporadically enjoyable in a silly, mindless way and it's hard not to laugh at least a few time while awash in all the bad taste. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer) Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
When it comes to political satire, how far is too far? Since it's not really satirical or political, "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" doesn't answer that question. It exploits post-9/11 anxieties as fodder for goofball gooniness. "Dr. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major) Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
These are strictly movies by stoners, about stoners and for stoners. If they offer any service to humanity, it will be to help authorities corral the dregs of society as they congregate in theatres and ship the lot of them to Guantanamo Bay. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese) Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
It's a latter-day Abbott and Costello flick, where the monster they encounter isn't Frankenstein, but the Bush Administration. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes) Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
The best laughs come when the movie aims a little higher, which isn't often enough ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler) Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Cho and Penn are winning leads and play well off of each other. When the film works, it’s often due to their interaction. ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)) St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Did I really just compare H and K to a Neil Simon comedy? ...read the complete Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
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