Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

bbewnylorac I feel guilty giving this film such a high rating. After all, its heroes are two immature stoner guys, and the film has gratuitous nudity, drug use and violence. And the plot is very shallow -- it revolves around trying to find a new Christmas Tree for Harold (John Cho) because his estranged best friend Kumar (Kal Penn) accidentally destroyed it. That's it! But like Will Ferrell at his best, this subversive Christmas movie is wickedly funny, and not afraid of breaking taboos, such as depicting a baby getting (accidentally) stoned on marijuana and cocaine, and depicting Jesus holding court next to topless women at a bar in 'heaven'. Penn and Cho are simply great comic actors. They're the Odd Couple - - Kumar more shambolic and Harold uptight and trying to be upright. Much of he humour comes from Harold pointing out the absurdity of every situation they get into, and Kumar trying to bluff their way out. Also like a Will Ferrell movie, all the supporting actors are excellent. Neil Patrick Harris gives a hysterical turn as a 'straight' actor pretending to be gay to give himself more credibility. Harris is clearly enjoying himself immensely. As in previous Harold and Kumar movies, there are a lot of jokes about a wide range of races, but it's kept light-hearted and isn't mean. The only quibble I'd have is that too many women in the film are stereotypical semi-nude bimbos. They're not given enough scope to be witty or smart. But otherwise, along with Bad Santa, I hope this film becomes an annual staple on my TV!!!

slightlymad22 Anyone who has read more than a few of my reviews will have noted that I love Neil Patrick Harris. I enjoyed watching him "Doogie Houser MD" when I was younger, and then I enjoyed his work on TV Movies such as "Not Our Son", "Sudden Fury" and "Stranger In The Family" whilst I thought he was the stand out character in "How I Met Your Mother" and one of the main reasons for the shows success.And it was based on Neil Patrick Harris appearing in this movie as the reason I watched it. I'm not a fan of Kal Pen in general, and the Howard and Kumar movies have always been something I could live without seeing. However it was on TV today, so watched it. Whilst Danny Trejo adds a bit of quality to the proceedings, the first hour or so is tough work, but then Neil Patrick Harris turns up, sings and dances up a storm, and brings some serious laugh out loud moments, however once he exits the movie again feels poorer without his presence.Truthfully without knowing Neil Patrick Harris was in it, I never would have watched it, and knowing he would be turning up was all that kept me watching.

Dustin Dye Holiday films are much like Christmas sweaters and holiday albums by has-been recording artists sold next to the cash register at the Hallmark store: best avoided. I made an exception for "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas."The newest film in the series picks up several years since the boys escaped from Guantanamo Bay. Harold (John Cho) is all grown up as a big- shot Wall Street trader with a fellow Korean-American as his loyal assistant (Bobby Lee, reviving his bit part from the first Harold and Kumar film). He's finally married to Maria Perez, and they live in a beautiful suburban home. Kumar, however, is still the immature boy he has always been. The epiphany he had at the climax of "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" has worn off, and we learn he has failed med school. Or rather, he failed a drug test. The two haven't seen each other in two years, and have replaced each other with newer, lamer friends.The story starts with Kumar (Kal Penn, Assistant Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement) finding a mysterious package addressed to Harold on his doorstep. He drops it off at Harold's house. The estranged friends open the package and find a gigantic joint inside. Kumar naturally lights it up and accidentally sets the Christmas tree on fire. This is a problem, you see, because Maria's father is Danny Trejo (Machete), a frightening Mexicano with a scarred face and a Christmas tree sweatshirt. He is fanatical about Christmas trees and already has a very good reason to hate Koreans.The two set out on a journey to replace the tree before the Perez family returns from midnight mass. They have run-ins with a pair of black Christmas tree salesmen, Ukrainian mobsters, Santa Claus and Neil Patrick Harris (Starship Troopers)."A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Chrstimas" is a worthy continuation of the series. The production value has increased greatly since the first film, and it makes good use of the 3D, using the same cheesy gimmicks as early 3D films from the '50s. True to the holiday-film genre, there is even a (cocaine induced) claymation sequence.While better than "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay," the third film in the series doesn't have the fresh feel of the first. For example, in the first film, when we saw Doogie Howser snort a line of coke off a stripper's buttocks, it was shocking and funny. It has simply become expected the third time around. The movie is still funny, but the jokes are no longer new, and the laughs don't come as quick as the first film."A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" may not be the holiday classic that "A Christmas Story" is (although there is a shocking scene that pays homage to the 1983 comedy), it is worth seeing for anyone who enjoyed the first two films.

p-stepien Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) are back with a unpolitical correctness vengeance! In events following the Guantanamo debacle Harold turns foul and becomes a wall street yuppie focused on family. Having cut off ties with Kumar he leads a life far detached from the beer pong glory days and now focuses on preparing the perfect Christmas for his wife's Mexican family (with Danny Trejo as the unforgiving father-in-law). Meanwhile Kumar is in disarray with his true love having left him for being an eternal child, only to show up again and pronounce that she is pregnant. Their worlds are about to collide and take a spliff-filled crazed twist when a mysterious parcel addressed to Harold shows up at Kumar's apartment...Gloriously vulgar and obscenely intelligent toilet humour are the traits of Harold and Kumar, the best comedic pairing in modern movies since Cheech and Marin. With a legacy that is bound to be legendary the duo break all the rules possible, offend Jews, blacks, Asians, Mexicans or gays by stereotyping, but somehow manage to come out with a crudely warm, heartfelt movie that conquers prejudice with the use of the absurd. The highlight of this Christmas special is the brief cameo of Neil Patrick Harris, miraculously recovered from being murdered by prostitutes in part 2, who channels laughter to the verge of tears while dancing, prancing, massaging and whipping up waffles. Another must see is a short claymation sequence with a killer snowman.A fine addition to the franchise, even if some of the jokes do go overboard and irritate more than they amuse. Nonetheless most of these are without out two main protagonists, who are relentless in amusing.