Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Enough low-grade laughs to entertain significantly more than some of the more prestigious year-end releases. Read full review
Enough cheery mockery to amuse even non-tokers. Read full review
The Observer won't let me get stoned before a review, so I'll never know what How High would be like after a big fat blunt. Without one, it's sloppy, broadly funny in spots and chaotic. Read full review
Like Ice Cube's "Friday," How High probably will survive as an underground classic, until it's pushed further underground and forgotten by the next disposable "cult classic" to hit video. Read full review
Dylan's stoner comedy barely manages to string together a story, but lucky for him, his two stars radiate charisma even when they're hidden behind clouds of smoke. Read full review
The biggest problem, ironically, is that even though the plot and the action center on smoking pot, it's not enough of a stoner flick. The concept of getting stoned isn't amusing; watching stoned people is. Read full review
Method Man and Redman just don't have the comic timing to pull off 90 minutes at front-and-center. Read full review
How High is not a particularly good movie, but then again it's not trying to be. It's a project by two B-list rappers seeking to extend their music careers in the way of stars like Will Smith, Ice Cube and Tupac Shakur. Read full review
This mess was directed with no skill whatsoever by Jesse Dylan, whose father, Bob, once urged us all to get stoned. Read full review
Doesn't look like a movie somebody made. It looks like a movie somebody hallucinated and put up on the screen. Read full review