How High
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
Critics Sentiment
Benjamin Franklin's historical bong is revealed at the alumni party
Silas and Jamal fail their midterms without Ivory's help
The film drops significantly when Gerald steals the Ivory plant, removing the magical element that made the premise work, before recovering with the outrageous John Quincy Adams grave-robbing sequence.
How High starts strong with its original premise of ghost-assisted academic success, maintaining solid entertainment value through the Harvard fish-out-of-water comedy. The film stumbles in its middle act when the magical element is removed, making the protagonists' struggles less engaging, but recovers with increasingly absurd sequences like grave-robbing and the historical bong revelation.
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Method Man
Silas P. Silas
Redman
Jamal King
Obba Babatundé
Dean Carl Cain
Mike Epps
Baby Powder
Anna Maria Horsford
Mamma King
Fred Willard
Philip Huntley
Jeffrey Jones
Vice President
Héctor Elizondo
Bill the Crew Coach
Lark Voorhies
Lauren
Essence Atkins
Jamie
Al Shearer
I Need Money
Chris Elwood
Bart
T.J. Thyne
Gerald
Justin Urich
Jeffrey
Trieu Tran
Tuan
Dennison Samaroo
Amir
Tracey Walter
Prof. Wood
Spalding Gray
Prof. Jackson
Amber Smith
Prof. Garr
Judah Friedlander
Student
Crew
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