| Year: |
2001 |
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| Genre: |
Comedy |
| Director: |
Jesse Dylan |
| Cast: |
Method Man - Silas P. Silas
Redman - Jamal King
Obba Babatundé - Dean Carl Cain
Mike Epps - Baby Powder
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Drugs used: Marijuana
Tagline: How did I fail
women's studies? I love bitches!
The Story: To call How High
a "stoner comedy" isn't too-far off the mark but it does a good
job on the proverbial "fish-out-of-water" scenario, with a
Hip-Hop aesthetic and mentality thrown in for good measure.
Hip-Hop artists, Method Man and Redmans' chemistry is quite
genuine. As platinum selling Rap Artists who work with each
other in the music world, their mutual admiration shows in this
film and it works quite well.
Meth plays "Silas". A neighborhood "Weed Specialst" who has
the skill (but not the drive or proper equipment), to build on
his talent for creating different strains of cannabis, until the
(comical) death of a close friend motivates him to take his
knowledge and put it to good use towards higher education.
Meanwhile, "Jamal" (played by Redman), motivation comes in the
form of his well-meaning, but verbally abusive mother urging him
to get his degree so she can place it on the wall by his
brothers' "Prison-issued Barber Certificate" and his sisters'
"Weave-Masters Degree".
Through a turn or events (of course involving weed), the two
find themselves as freshmen at Harvard and then the fun begins.
From pranks on the freshmen class Dean (involving Pigeons) to a
hilarious Pimp (played to the hilt by Mike Epps), with only TWO
WOMEN in his stable, the laughs are are never ending!
There are some crazy scenes in "How High", such as when they
run out of the special pot and they go to a graveyard to dig up
the body of President John Quincy Adams, hoping that his brain
could help them pass the courses or that weirdo who passes out
tickets reacts to seeing his bicycle being destroyed. This film
is so out there!
Meth & Red may not win any awards from this movie" How High"
but I would cast my vote for them as the next candidates for
"Best Buddy Movie combination". In the tradition of Cheech &
Chong, Lewis and Martin, Pryor & Wilder, Harrelson & Snipes...
These guys Definitely have that potential.
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