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Then professional potheads Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong teamed up for Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke, which features the drug-addled duo on a road trip throughout California; that is to say, a road-trip ... read more read more...they hope will culminate in finding some quality weed. Instead, a series of mishaps result in their respective deportations to Mexico. Desperate to get back to the states so they can perform in their band's gig later that night, Cheech and Chong unwittingly agree to drive a very unique car across the border -- rather than steel and various metal bits, the vehicle is constructed entirely out of marijuana. Back in the States and accompanied by two extraordinarily out-of-it female hitchhikers, the stoned group meanders about in an attempt to get their musical performance together, and narrowly escapes from local law enforcement agencies on numerous occasions despite their complete inability to realize they were being tailed to begin with. The incredibly low-budget movie surprised critics, grossed millions, spawned a series of lesser follow-up films, and cemented Cheech & Chong's cult-status among potheads across the globe. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong

Release Date: September 15, 1978

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DVD Release Date: November 21, 2000

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  • cosmo313
    April 16, 2012
    cosmo313
    This is the film that pretty much kicked off the stoner comedy genre as we know (and as some love) to this day .Cheech and Chong were already known, but this really sent their careers sky high.

    Since this is regarded as a cult classic, and the type of film where how you view it ... read morewill affect your opinion of it, I do need to probably go ahead and admit that this film is overrated. I did have a few drinks in my system beforehand, and I kinda dig stoner humor even when I'm not altered, but even then, this film really pushes your buttons and tests your patience.

    It's all so random. I mean, the plot is basically two guys randomly meet (and instantly become best friends) then spend the rest of the film trying to get weed. Seriously. I mean, yeah, there's slightly more to it, such as trying to get a band's career to take off, but there's really not much to it.

    It is funny, but even when you're slightly altered, this is just overly silly and dumb, and I really wondered why this film is so highly regarded. Sure, I laughed a number of times, and was amused, but that's mostly because, as dumb as it sounds, I have a thing for ridiculous situations and silly faces. Cheech makes the best, by the way.

    I am tickled by the fact that Tom Skerritt is in this, but even then, I am all over the map with how I feel about this, I sorta recommend it, but even then, I'll admit that it really is kinda junky. C+ to B-.
  • kenstachnik
    December 28, 2011
    kenstachnik
    First twenty minutes are fun, it quickly goes down hill from there.
  • Godless
    September 23, 2010
    Godless
    The last time I saw this movie I was 10 and didn't get it. Today it still holds up as a funny movie that makes me miss my family in California.
  • sononothing
    October 5, 2008
    sononothing
    This is where the stoner film began.Up in Smoke has a basic plot. Two guys are trying to score weed for 90 minutes. What they inadvertently score on the way is an upholstery warehouse van made of marijuana. Let the fun begin.

    There's not much you can say about Up in Smoke. It's ... read morenot Olivier style acting but it is a hilarious movie full of those wonderful quotables that only goog movies have. A must for cult viewing.

    I knew that the legendary Strother Martin was in this, I forgot that Tom Skerritt was, and didn't even know that Harry Dean Stanton had his role as the deputy trying to sell Chong pills was cut from the film.
  • kpn666
    October 26, 2007
    kpn666
    "Looks like quarter pounder man!!"


    XD


    The two craziest stoners in history began life in the movies with this cult classic! And they sure dont make them as they used to!!

    Join Cheech and Chong on their daily adventures in search for marijuna and a good time, plus get... read moreting ready to play a gig which could seal them a record deal!

    side splitting stuff!!

    XD
  • puffchunk
    October 18, 2007
    puffchunk
    Funny I suppose.
  • gatorgirl13
    June 2, 2007
    gatorgirl13
    Hilarious.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 25, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    dumb
  • fb100002343630392
    July 14, 2011
    fb100002343630392
    it's one of cheech marin's funniest performance that will make you stoned with laughter! A
  • ManifestPanda
    September 3, 2011
    ManifestPanda
    eh, i respect cheech marin and tommy chong for reasons unknown but still... eh.

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Critic Reviews

Variety Staff
May 7, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization. Full Review

Dave Kehr
May 7, 2008
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night. Full Review

May 7, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The funniest of all the Cheech and Chong movies, Up in Smoke provides a feast of gags for the sympathetically minded. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
April 12, 2008
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

This Cheech and Chong weed comedy was dismissed by most critics (and parents) but it was embraced by young viewers and launched the subgenre of "stoner" comedies way before Linklater made Slacker. Full Review

Fernando F. Croce
September 5, 2007
Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

As far as comedic ingredients go, weed is not so much a surefire laugh-getter as it is a free-floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications. Full Review

Rob Gonsalves
April 9, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

Cheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team. Full Review

June 24, 2006
Time Out

As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals. Full Review

Christopher Null
September 6, 2005
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

Up in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie. Full Review

Rich Cline
November 8, 2004
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

one joke stretched too far

July 8, 2003
Film4

A cult drug movie that lacks decent acting, script or direction. Full Review

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