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A pair of real-life multi-platinum rap artists star in this genial substance abuse comedy recalling the pro-marijuana work of Cheech and Chong and such films as Half Baked (1998). Silas (Method Man) a... read more read more...nd Jamal (Redman) are buddies who enjoy smoking voluminous amounts of the illegal plant. They end up in the possession of some magical weed that enhances their brainpower during college entrance exams, thus enabling them to enter that esteemed institution of learning, Harvard University. Once firmly ensconced in the halls of academia, however, the pals run out of their supernatural supply and are forced to get creative in the pursuit of an Ivy League degree. Included in their narcotic-addled plans: smoking the bones of dead president John Quincy Adams. Produced by Danny DeVito's Jersey Films, How High (2001) co-stars Obba Babatunde, Fred Willard, and Hector Elizondo. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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27% liked it

56 critics

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Jesse Dylan

Release Date: December 21, 2001

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DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002

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    September 30, 2011
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    It's good because it's that stupid.....if that makes any sense.
  • May 16, 2010
    Aside from the words "ridiculous fun" there's not much else I can really say to describe How High. It's definitely a must for Wu-Tang fans and fans of pot comedy but when you're dealing with a movie about two potheads who get admitted and ace classes at Harvard because of the gho... read morest of their friends who appears whenever they smoke a certain kind of strain of pot you kind of know what you're dealing with. If you're not watching How High under the influence you're definitely doing something wrong...
  • December 6, 2009
    How high can you throw me?
  • September 26, 2009
    wow there is nothing funny about this movie... these assholes should should just give up man
  • December 10, 2007
    Pothead comedies hit too close to home for me.
  • July 17, 2007
    This movie is pretty funny. It's total fantasy and I found it more then far out, at times, but im assuming thats what they were going for. For a couple of rappers, this is one of the better comedies I've seen.
  • December 19, 2010
    "How High" had some very good jokes, but it didn't get much farther than that.
  • January 1, 2008
    Hilarious!
  • July 7, 2011
    Its a silly low brow comedy but its good for a chuckle here and there. You need a good stupid movie every once in awhile.
  • October 13, 2010
    Very, very funny movie. I would like to see if that would really happen. It's a movie to rent, but not own.

Critic Reviews


Michael O'Sullivan
January 6, 2002
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Despite the comedy's reliance on drug humor, first-time director Jesse Dylan is actually less interested in getting high than in seeing how low he can go.

Joe Leydon
December 26, 2001
Joe Leydon, Variety

Maintains a consistent level of a swaggering, semi-anarchic silliness reminiscent of '70s youth-skewing comedies. Full Review

Jessica Winter
December 25, 2001
Jessica Winter, Village Voice

Too lazy to be a comedy, too conventional to be a head movie. Full Review

Kevin Thomas
December 21, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Features a fine mix of several generations of comic talent plus a terrific soundtrack from its stars. Full Review

Bob Graham
December 21, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

How High doesn't look like a movie somebody made. It looks like a movie somebody hallucinated and put up on the screen. Full Review

Gene Seymour
December 21, 2001
Gene Seymour, Newsday

Sample what you want. Doze through the rest. Full Review

Stephen Holden
December 21, 2001
Stephen Holden, New York Times

This chaotic mess of a film ... has the disjointed quality of a stoned-out fantasy. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
December 21, 2001
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

A slapdash collection of tired drug jokes, fish-out-of-water clichés, projectile vomiting and gross-out humor.

Bruce Westbrook
December 21, 2001
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

The infectious high spirits amid its cartoonish chaos compensate for the film's bald deficiencies and gag-inducing gags. Full Review

Michael Rechtshaffen
December 21, 2001
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

Aims low but smacks the funny bone considerably more often than it misses.

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    • Silas P. Silas: Got blunt?
    • Jamal King: Got weed?
    • Jamal King: I need money. You talked!
    • I Need Money: Why, yes, Jamal. It is somewhat of a surprise to me also.
    • I Need Money: Lord, it's a gift! It's a gift from above! Make it float like a dove! Make it scream like Michael in a rhinestone glove.
    • I Need Money: Lord, Lord, Lord. Popcorn, playa.
    • Jamal King: Popcorn, playa.

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