Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A lot of fun.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Crazy film that will suit some and disappoint others. Nearly turned it off after ten minutes but continued to view to see how it all ended up. It raised a few laughs. Not the best film or the worst film I've seen.

You can't view this movie from a critical perspective, dissecting it for realism and walking away disappointed because it fell short in some way, it's nothing more than a adult cartoon. This movie is just pure unadulterated entertainment where characters are injured in ways that would have terminated their existence yet somehow, like Wile E Coyote, they survive (Danny McBride's character sustains multiple potentially fatal injuries)! A movie made to entertain and that is just good clean fun and which happily (from my perspective) showcases Amber Heard. Seth Rogan involves himself in movies that I want to watch simply because of his involvement and if James Franco, Craig Robinson, and Danny McBride are in it then all the better. You need or want some light hearted fun sprinkled with barrel laughs then this is your vehicle!

Electric, Eclectic, and Eccentric Stoner Movie made for Pot-Heads with Poo-Poo Jokes and Violent Action added to aid Moderns and make Them feel Welcome even if They Do Not Partake.It's not a perfect Picture. The Aforementioned Potty Jokes and the usual Gross-Out Stuff that just won't Go Away Nowadays is, by now, just Ho-Hum and seems to be used Ad-Nauseum to Separate Generations and keep the Gap Wide. A couple of Other Things don't work. Seth Rogen's Romantic Side-Story is Nothing and goes Nowhere. Amber Heard is Wasted here, no She doesn't Smoke Weed, it's Her Character and the Side-Story in the Script that's Wasted.One other ill advised Misstep is the Scene with the Middle-School Kids. There is just No-Way that is going to be Anything but Cringe Inducing. No matter how You Bend and Shape the Scenario, when shown On Screen it comes across as Cross Purpose.Those Minor Asides, the Movie is a Hoot. Seth Rogen plays "Self" perfect and James Franco is also perfectly paced and placed. This is back when He wasn't Everywhere and Suffering from Overexposure. The rest of the Cast contribute and the Improvisation is as Funny as the Script which is quite Funny.The Action Finale is Violent, Bloody, and it may feel Awkward to some, it's an OK Ending and Spins-Off the Thematic Pot-Buds and Bonding that make up the rest of the Movie. It's not Completely Out of Context and works just Fine.Overall, the Target Audience will be Amused and those Oblivious or Hostile to the Marijuana Mantra should Avoid for Obvious Reasons.

Ever since I watched 'This is the End' I have been itching to see Pineapple Express (namely because they film a 'sequel' in that film). So, when the local cult movie cinema decided to run a double feature of The Interview and this film I was there with bells on. However, to my dismay, Pineapple Express simply did not live up to my expectations. Okay, it wasn't a bad film per se, however it certainly wasn't one of Rogan's best. To me it seemed to be little more than an excuse of having copious amounts of marijuana being smoked on film.Okay, this was probably one of his first films, which is probably why it didn't appeal to me all that much, but I suspect if I was a lot younger, and still hanging around a certain crowd, we would have lapped this film up. The reason being because it was, well, an excuse for smoking copious amounts of marijuana on the big screen. However, unlike a lot of his other films, I didn't think that it was all that funny. Okay, while Rogan's comedy tends to be quite puerile, that puerile part of me simply cannot help but laughing, yet that did not seem to be present in this film.Pineapple Express is basically about marijuana. Well, it's not about marijuana in the sense that Acapulco Gold is about marijuana, but rather it is about a strain of really potent marijuana that gets our uninspiring heroes into a lot of trouble. Rogan plays a process server (a job that seems really cool, but pays pittance) and his comrade in arms is, well, a drug dealer. Anyway, Rogan is going to serve some guy named Ted Jones, who as it turns out is a big time drug dealer, but gets into trouble when he witnesses Jones and a female cop (that's her name) kill some Asian guy. Rogan flees, but leaves his doobie lying on the ground which means that Jones is able to track Rogan and his friend down because it is, well, Pineapple Express, and Ted has only sold Pineapple Express to one guy.Thus this is what the movie becomes – a couple of no hopers stumbling around Los Angeles trying to keep themselves alive while attempting to get the better of the villain. Sound familiar? Well, that is because it is familiar since it is the basic plot of quite a few other films that I have seen. Okay, those films may not have the main characters smoking as much marijuana as they do in this film, but in the end if that is what sets this film apart from the multitude of other films with a similar plot then, well, all I can say that it is not all that fantastic.