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don't work so well in the movie either. The blue screen shots of both the cheetah in general and the scene in which Kumar is looking over the ravine at the White Castle building are poorly executed with the seams showing. To be fair, this is balanced by an imaginative cartoon montage featuring animated burgers along with a very funny sequence where Kumar slips into a reverie about having a relationship with a life sized bag of hash!

Ultimately, the movie is a rites of passage that most will find endearing. With a sequel in production ("Harold and Kumar go to Amsterdam"), the Harold and Kumar franchise is established and looks set to run. It's a movie very much in the "American Pie" mould that will appeal to viewers who find gross out comedy with a road trip theme funny. This is likely to be older teens and adults with a youngish sense of humour and with a 15 rating, this movie is not for kids. There are mild sexual scenes, occasional violence and a mature theme that make this for adults only. With a run time of just 88 minutes, quite frankly, I loved it even if its ultimate message about enduring racism appeared quite weak. I recommend the movie and look forward to the sequel with my usual trepidation when it comes to sequels simply rehashing the original movie to make more money.

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