The Pineapple Express

THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS left me cold. The characters seemed to come from another planet, the action beats felt ridiculously odd, and the comedy set pieces left me flat. While James Franco does, indeed, act his ass off, I never saw the comedy in his interactions with Rogen.

There's just nothing funny here. Two stoners bumbling through a deadly adventure could be funny, I suppose, but the stakes are too high and the comedy not high enough. I spent the film wondering if it would have worked better as a Cheech 'N Chong movie. Do you think they could have saved it?