Comedies involving Kal Penn
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This section is for comedies involving Kal Penn as an actor, director or writer. By default the movies are presented starting with those ranking highest on the laugh-o-meter, but you can also sort them by year, title or IMDB rating.
About Kal
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Even if he never shoots a good movie again, Kal Penn can forever be proud of his unforgettable performance in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Thank you for the laughs, Kal.
Kal Penn is said to have been born on Saturday 23 April 1977, which would make him 45 years, 11 months and 4 days old (if this date is accurate and he is alive today).
Titles involving Kal Penn sorted by Laugh-o-meter (descending)
Kal Penn was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
25 years old.
Van Wilder
2002 |
USA | Laughs: 6.0 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 6.4
wikipedia |
dmoz |
who was involved?
The most popular man on campus, who is so in love with college that after seven years he still doesn't want to graduate, falls for the girl who has been assigned to interview him for the school paper. Despite a few gross-out scenes, this movie is not crass by today's standards. I found it quite pleasant. I enjoyed seeing Ryan Reynolds, whom I'd only recently discovered in
The Change-Up, as well as Kal Penn from
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Well worth a watch.
(Last viewed: October 2012)
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Kal Penn was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
31 years old.
Harold & Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008 |
USA | Laughs: 4.9 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 6.6
wikipedia |
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who was involved?
Only watch if you want to see a perfect comedy balance wasted. In this sequel to
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, the writers destroy the character of Kumar, turning the brilliant young man into an insensitive jerk. Harold's character is unchanged, but the magic is lost. No doubt, some good moments can be found in the middle of a hundred minutes of sewer-level language and situations.
(Last viewed: January 2011)
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Kal Penn was credited as
actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about
34 years old.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
2011 |
USA | Laughs: 3.1 (Broken Comedies) |
imdb: 6.3
wikipedia |
who was involved?
The good news is that since
Harold & Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay, the writers fished the Kumar character out of the sewer and brought him somewhat back in line with his old self. The bad news is that the magic of the original
Harold & Kumar hasn't returned. I didn't laugh once (though there was much to smile about). And you can't ask the studio to bring back the original writing team, because it was they who committed the two sequels. Many of the movie's frames are designed to give those with the proper glasses a 3-D thrill—but that doesn't help when all you care about is the laughs. The actors do a good job, especially John Cho, of whom I'd like to see more in other movies. But the writers have lost their touch. Next they seem to be lining us up for something along the lines of
Harold & Kumar have Babies. Maybe this time the writers will take a year off in a remote cabin so they have time to focus and write something decent again. Otherwise, let someone else have the job!
(Last viewed: September 2012)
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