Half Baked

January 16, 1998 0 By Fans
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Plot

The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.

Release Year: 1998

Rating: 6.4/10 (25,181 voted)

Critic's Score: 16/100

Director:
Tamra Davis

Stars: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz, Jim Breuer

Storyline
After Kenny accidentaly kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1 million dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson. On the side, Thurgood seeks the love of Mary Jane, an anti-pot daughter of a dealer. What follows is typical pothead behaviour with a ton of cameos. Look carefully.

Writers: Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan

Cast:

Dave Chappelle

Thurgood Jenkins
/
Sir Smoke-a-Lot


Guillermo Díaz

Scarface


Jim Breuer

Brian


Harland Williams

Kenny Davis


Rachel True

Mary Jane Potman


Clarence Williams III

Samson Simpson


Laura Silverman

Jan


Tommy Chong

Squirrel Master


R.D. Reid

Scientist


Gregg Rogell

Pothead


Kevin Brennan

Pothead


Alice Poon

Supply Clerk


Rick Demas

Nasty Nate


David Bluestein

Jerry Garcia


Kevin Duhaney

Young Thurgood

Taglines:
Warning: this movie may cause the munchies, cotton mouth, and memory loss!

Release Date: 16 January 1998

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA



Box Office Details

Budget: $8,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $7,722,540
(USA)
(19 January 1998)
(1701 Screens)

Gross: $17,278,980
(USA)
(8 March 1998)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:

When Thurgood and friends are watching Sir Smoke-A-Lot's video, "Samson Gets Me Lifted", the video's director is listed as Tamra Davis.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized:
When Brian, Kenny, Scarface, and Thurgood are in a convenience store in the beginning of the movie, Brian is holding his head, asking everybody if they're OK. When we hear him say, "How you doing. Kenny?", his mouth doesn't move.

Quotes:

Thurgood Jenkins:
It was the summer before 9th grade, and there was me, Brian, Kenny, Scarface, and of course the lovable Old James… hold on, wait a minute… Old James… Old James wasn't there… I don't even know nobody named Old James.
[Old James disappears]



User Review

A great comedy, Chapelle is hilarious

Rating: 9/10


Half baked is hilarious movie to me. Its a pothead manifestation film
that doesn't take it self seriously and is pretty hilarious throughout.
Dave Chapelle is very funny in the lead and to me is a better lead
comedy actor than the likes of Martin Lawrence and even Chris Rock.
Guillermo Diaz is also very good as Scarface. Rachel True provides good
eye candy and decent performance as the female lead. This is not an
Oscar film, but hilarious to watch with buddies and after watching it 3
times it doesn't get old. Its a funny screenplay, decent comedic
direction and good performances, worth a look for any fan of comedy,
pot or cinema.. 9/10