MarkAmovie A stoner film that came out in 1978 deserves a 10 star rating. It most certainly does not hold up in today's time and I think anyone who watches it is going to have to push through a lot. However, the comical genius cannot be ignored for it's time as well as the massive mountain these guys had to battle to get this film released. It has inspired so many films in the genre and deserves all the respect and credit. At least watch this movie once to say that you have seen it. It does have some memorable scenes that will leave you with your jaw on the floor.

Mary Star This is a great movie, I always watch it when I'm sad and it's turns my frown upside down. I really like it what Cheech and Chong live in their own world where everything is alright and almost everyone is happy and everything turns out okay. Cheech and Chong are funny they remind me of my neighbors, I wish Cheech and Chong lived next door so they could come over smoke a bowl and watch their movies with me. I liked that this movie took place in Los Angeles, because all movies are being in other countries. I think that Cheech and Chong Movies are good because they show the good that Latin people can be. People complain about this and other Cheech and Chong movies, but I think that they are extremely entertaining, if you watch a movie based on anything else you are missing the point.

RainDogJr I added to my collection the Double Feature DVD with Up in Smoke and Still Smokin like two months ago but just last night I finally saw the first one so also last night was my very first "encounter" with Cheech and Chong and for sure won't be the last. So here Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are Pedro and Anthony (his father call him Anthony yet in the credits Tommy Chong is just "man") respectively and basically they will meet just by pure causality. We have the sort of introduction and we see a moment with each one, we see the first funny moment with Pedro pissing and on the other hand we have the classic situation of a guy who at the age of what 30 or something still lives with his parents, certainly the father is just tired of having his lazy son doing about nothing during the entire day. Both Pedro and Anthony are out with cars yet only Pedro will be able to continue driving, to continue looking for a lost babe or maybe babes but he will have only kind of a really big disappointment but after all there he meets who will be his best friend. Certainly these two have a lot in common but mainly two things will keep them together: drugs and rock and roll. Is just amazing and hilarious the first joint they smoke together, Pedro was like "I been smoking since always, I can smoke anything" but the Led Zeppelin is something else, heavy s***, dog s***! And that s*** will give them some troubles and certainly we will laugh and laugh. Up in Smoke is one of those movies that are just so damn enjoyable since the very first second till the very last, essentially Pedro and Anthony are just looking out for some s*** but of course things will happen. The police play here a big role, they will be close to Pedro, Anthony and company and they deliver also a lot of fun. We have the police chief and three of his "sons" (is also a great "show" with this guys, of course the one who will suffer most is the chief, he even loses his dog that was the best cop he ever saw!), they are after those who are transporting a really big quantity of drug from Mexico to the US, they will be after "two hippies with a van". And certainly we know who those hippies are, we know that the van they are driving would be a damn treasure for them but they don't know, actually they don't know a damn thing. Is really funny what Pedro's cousin (not sure is his cousin but sure is a relative) do to get a free ride to Tijuana, very funny and Pedro and Anthony will be in Mexico also and in THE van they will return to the US. At one point we know what will happen with the van if the police finds it, actually is not that different to what will happen with the van if Pedro and Anthony realize about the truth. By this time our dudes have company, finally the company of women and now they have another thing in mind: the battle of the bands at the Roxy. And will be for a moment like a little Monterey or Woodstock, every single soul in the place was connected! Those like me who saw first the great Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski (that is my second favourite Coen bros film) certainly will remember it. Terrific fun with these two DUDES!

Karl Self I finally got to see the definitive stoner comedy, and I wasn't disappointed. No, sir. This 'un has it all, two dudes in a haze, some equally hazy babes, and the fuzz in hot pursuit. Generally, the use of recreational drugs is depicted in a warm, glowing sort of light. Unlike many movies of the same ilk that followed, there is a barrage of good jokes, excellent acting and dialogue ("Hey, double bubble!"), and real chemistry between the actors (modern movies of this genre would have all the same trimmings -- there'd be some dudes, some babes and the supersized comical joints, but would be just gimmicky and have none of the humour). Also the production is excellent, this movie was filmed on a surprisingly huge budget (for example, there is a brief but very elaborate scene which shows us how an entire car is made from -- weed, man!). The plot is very ambling but also very suited if you happen, for whatever reason, to have temporarily acquired an attention span of about five minutes. Warning, you will find yourself using the epithets "dude" and "man" a lot more often after watching this movie.