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A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Merrily outrageous, over-the-top fun.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger

  N.P.H, as he's often called in these films, does indeed return, singing and dancing. And talking dirty. He, that stoned baby and a stunning riff on the tongue-stuck-to-a-pole scene in "A Christmas Story" will, for fans of this franchise, make this a blissful holiday season indeed.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Harold and Kumar's Christmas movie is silly, if uneven, fun. While it mocks 3-D technology, it also makes relatively fresh use of it and qualifies as the most ambitious of the trio of films.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  I have no idea if this movie was made stoned. Like its predecessors by Cheech and Chong, it might as well have been.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  This vulgar romp is a generally harmless, heartwarming affair, a cinematic Christmas cookie almost sweet and flaky enough to cover the fact that it's laced with hash, cocaine and assorted bodily fluids, blood included.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  A mildly diverting naughty comedy, lacking the pure comic nastiness of "Bad Santa" or the sheer audacity of "Up in Smoke."

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• 38

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  The first "H&K" caught people off-guard with its canny idiocy and zigzagging, picaresque treasure hunt premise. By now, there's no catching anyone off-guard with these two, except by way of the most off-color and off-putting means possible.

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