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(1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1   B+ "...the movie's pure energy and flawless comic timing make it a quality late summer diversion."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/5 "Wonderfully vulgar, brilliantly performed, and accented with action reminiscent of an '80s buddy film, Pineapple Express is one late summer success."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B- "Climaxing with a Donneresque sock-em conclusion, complete with massive gunfire, Korean hitmen, and Daewoo finishing moves, Express has just enough gas in the tank to arrive at its final destination with a sufficient level of fogged goodwill"   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/5 "The action and comedy mix has never been an easy one to manage, and unfortunately Pineapple Express fails in that respect almost completely."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A- "Pineapple Express draws on stylistic and plot elements from '70s martial arts movies, shock horror films, and Tarantino set pieces to generate a new type of irreverent comic cinema in touch with the candid loyalty of a new generation."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 4/10 "Pineapple Express is mostly what you expect: bonding mechanics that are unsurprising and feebly unrebellious."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "'Pineapple Express' is a stoner comedy for viewers who haven't fried what's left of their gray cells."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 3/4 "...an above-average contemporary "stoner" comedy."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "The uneven comedy had its hilarious moments."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Begins as a been-there-done-that stoner romp before turning into an outlandishly silly and graphically violent action-thriller. The tone may be schizophrenic, but the sheer, unabashed showmanship of the whole thing warrants praising."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "The new film is more disciplined and less scattershot than Apatow's previous films -- and slightly less funny, too. But only slightly."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "While the pot comedy genre has strived more on memorable characters (Spicoli, Cheech & Chong, Harold & Kumar) than memorable movies, Pineapple Express is the rare exception."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "This is a mightily strange movie, at times very funny; I can certainly recommend it to those who are curious about it. Those who can't stand being around stoners may like it less."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B- "More tourist than first class...but the chemistry between Rogen and Franco insures that, as drug trips go, this one isn't bad."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A wild, raucous, and wacky stoner action-comedy about three losers whose scary encounter with death and danger bonds them together in ways none of them could have ever imagined."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B+ "Homoerotic undertones bubble much closer to the surface here than in most straight male American comedies--and not even (always) for gross-out effect!"   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/4 "The humor in this movie is smart enough that even a moderate level of intoxication or inebriation is not necessary to enjoy it."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Wildly funny and completely inappropriate, Pineapple Express combines ribald, marijuana-fueled comedy with action and violence."   Common Sense   James Rocchi 2.5/4 "I'm typically not a fan of the wildly popular Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen collaborative efforts but a pitch-perfect performance by James Franco temporarily sways me in the other direction."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 3.5/5 "My companions had varying degrees of a good time (from "not" to "more than expected") but I think if you can love these guys, you can dig this violent bromantic action-comedy."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery C- "Think of it as Lethal Weapon if Martin Riggs dealt pot from their dingy apartment instead of working for the LAPD."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 4/4 "David Gordon Green's hilarious stoner comedy is to action movies what The Big Lebowski was to film noir."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A- "James Franco's Saul Silver can step into the pantheon of iconic movie stoners joining Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli and Jeff Bridges's Dude."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Here's yet another excellent argument for the legalization of marijuana... it will prevent us seeing more movies like this one..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Pineapple Express pulls off the amazing trick of elevating the stoner comedy into something resembling art."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "Another week, another Apatow movie, another story of lame, pot-smoking slackers up to all kinds of hijinks and discovering the true meaning of friendship. Sigh."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow B "Never makes more than a surface impression, albeit a fitfully amusing one."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "I can't deny that its appeal will increase a hundredfold if you choose to attend in an altered state of some sort."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "A stoner film that actually lives up to all the buzz, both in the press and in the audience."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "It's pretty pointless, really, but the characters are so engaging that we can't help but fall for them"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/5 "An odd but intermittently pleasing experiment that might lose stoners with its gore and action fans with its glazed, circular weed chat."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C "Stoner-based or not, good comedy shouldn't need any help from the baggie in your pocket."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "The biggest surprise in the acting department is James Franco, who is very funny as a stoned drug dealer."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4.5/5 "Even if you wouldn't know weed from green wool, Pineapple Express works as a fast-paced buddy comedy with lots of laughs and a few hilariously unpleasant surprises."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg "What keeps the film so engagingly off-balance is the mix of perfectly pitched stoner humor and the visceral punch of the genre mixing..."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker "The movie is so wayward and fuzzy that, for the unbaked, at least, there's very little pleasure to be had in trying to follow it. The thing is so desultory and aimless that it seems like work to try to laugh at it."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Much of the silly, half-baked humor is based on the smug idea that watching clumsy stoners being high is amusing but, unless you're joining them, it isn't."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 8/10 "Assuredly the best film yet by the Judd Apatow crew, and probably director David Gordon Green's flimsiest."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2/4 "Tied together by a performance from Franco that has the misfortune of being familiar and human in the middle of a lot of low-aspiring blarney."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1