And indeed, when they arrive at the location, the White Castle is no longer there, ensuring at least another hour of wacky hijinks for the viewing audience (including a cameo by everyone’s favorite early 1990s TV adolescent doctor). Kumar seems to recall there being one near their apartment, but of course, that’d make for a boring movie. Kumar isn’t even employed, spending most of his days attending med school meetings to appease his doctor father.Īfter getting stoned one night, a White Castle ad plays on TV, sparking an obsession to get their hands on some “sliders” (the restaurant’s calling card) before the night ends.
Harold, who works for an investment firm, is near the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. The premise is rudimentary: Harold and Kumar are your typical guys in their early 20s adults by law, but not quite ready to accept the barrage of responsibilities adulthood presents. Their relative lack of name power was creatively used in one ad campaign for the movie, which proclaimed that it starred “The Asian guy from American Pie and the Indian guy from Van Wilder.” Neither Harold (John Cho) nor Kumar (Kal Penn) had ever been anything more than supporting players prior to the movie.
Sure, there’s the typical lowbrow humor scattered throughout the film that’s become common ground for similar movies in recent years but unlike most of them, there’s something beneath the surface here. "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is the sort of movie with a premise that implies cliché happenings but throws a curveball by addressing a moderately serious issue. And imagine all it took for Leiner to take that first step in the right direction were a pair of stoners and White Castle. Stoner Cult Classic Surprisingly ThoughtfulĪ sophomore slump is tough to come by when your freshman outing was nothing to write home about.īut for some people in the entertainment industry, a step backwards is needed to move forward.ĭanny Leiner, director of the 2000 flop "Dude, Where’s My Car?," is one of those people.
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