Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
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Movie Reviews of Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Movie Review: Is Chong an auteur?
Summary: 4 Stars
This film, on the surface, seems like a complete mess. It's completely plotless, and feels almost European in its pacing (honestly). I'm thinking to myself, was this intentional? Is Thomas Chong really an auteur, or was he just really stoned out of his mind when he directed this? The film itself is actually really funny, and it's the best of the Chong directed films. The scene at the beginning of the film (Cheech and Chong syphening gasoline) is hilarious (remember, this was made in 1980 with the gas crisis still on everyone's mind). The scene where Cheech and Chong improvise a song about "beaners" (showing that Cheech and Chong were doing racial humour way before the overrated Carlos Mencia) is great, too. All of Chong's films have that laid back, at times completely lackadasical feel to them, so my pretentious side is wondering whether Thomas Chong is a real auteur, or is he just a lazy stoner who managed, somehow, to string together a few films. Discuss...Movie Review: laughoutloud
Summary: 4 Stars
Nostalgia for my childhood recently caused me to buy and watch the Cheech and Chong movies (with the exception of The Coriscan Brothers). Aside from realizing I shouldn't have been watching those movies in my pre-teen days, I realized how well done they are. Most amazing to me was that they held up one after the other, feeling not repetitive, though each of them is rather episodic. Most impressive was Chong's direction; he makes a number of interesting choices that elevate him beyond the status of writer/star who has enough power to direct; clearly, he took this role quite seriously. The movies, of course, are not serious. I rarely laugh out loud in movies these days, but I did at least a half dozen times in each of these. The characters are not only given funny situations in which to work and funny lines to deliver, but each of them is presented with a kind of earnestness that makes them likeable, and the films all he more watchable.Movie Review: Far Out, Man!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Not the masterwork that the boys initial effort, "Up In Smoke", was but it'll do. Basically this film is a series of loosely tied together lowbrow comic vignettes, some involving dope, some not, centered around some colorful L.A. locales. Cheech does double duty here by playing both himself and his Texas cousin,Red. Film is also notable for an early appearance by Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman, albeit foul-mouthed. Michael Winslow a.k.a the sound-effects guy from the "Police Academy" movies has a hilarious bit at the welfare office. Edie McLurg is also hilarious as an oblivious middle-aged WASP that Chong and Red meet along the way. The laugh quotient here is pretty high but it's unfortunate that Universal did not include any extras here(not even a trailer).Movie Review: Still waiting for an "Collector's Edition"
Summary: 4 Stars
This is C&C's funniest film ever. "Up In Smoke" is really good and establishes the duo's place in the cinema, but 'Next Movie' is just plain awesome. I was planning to buy this dvd, and still intend to do so, but was a little disappointed that they did not include any footage of the deleted or alternate scenes. Those of you who saw the 'diamonds version' on comedy central years ago know what I mean. There were some extra or extended made-for-tv scenes that really filled the movie out nicely...not like this is an epic picture like Gone With The Wind, War and Peace or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Still in all, this one is a purchase.
Movie Review: Great Movie, But Only If You Like Cheech & Chong
Summary: 4 Stars
In this cheesy follow-up to their first film,
Cheech & Chong are out stealing gasoline
for their stolen car...getting kicked off welfare
and still doing all kinds of crazy drugs!
For all you hardcore fans- this is probably
one of the best films Cheech & Chong ever made.
Very funny, and filled with insanity!
Definitely a cult-comedy classic.
The story goes nowhere...
The humor is tasteless...
Cheech & Chong are morons...
But then again, why else would
you watch it?
Only recommended for true fans of Cheech & Chong