Pot farmer John Lithgow gets killed. His farhands, Ryan Phillippe, Billy Bob Thornton, and Hank Azaria, along with pilot Kelly Lynch, figure they can do the job themselves and split millions of dollars. Cops, competitors, and even John Lithgow disagree.
Director Stephen Gyllenhaal knows that a good way to direct a comedy is to take everything absolutely seriously, and that is what he has done here. Unfortunately, except for the set-up, there isn't that much in the situations that seem funny, and the performers show uncanny abilities to, say, perform well in a running gun battle, that seem outside the wheelhouses of their stoner characters. There are some bright points here, mostly in the casting of smaller roles. This includes Jake and Maddie Gyllenhaal, Jon Bon Jovi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judge Reinhold, and Ted Danson, but that doesn't make this more than a pleasant time waster, suitable for watching stoned. Or so I would imagine.
Director Stephen Gyllenhaal knows that a good way to direct a comedy is to take everything absolutely seriously, and that is what he has done here. Unfortunately, except for the set-up, there isn't that much in the situations that seem funny, and the performers show uncanny abilities to, say, perform well in a running gun battle, that seem outside the wheelhouses of their stoner characters. There are some bright points here, mostly in the casting of smaller roles. This includes Jake and Maddie Gyllenhaal, Jon Bon Jovi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judge Reinhold, and Ted Danson, but that doesn't make this more than a pleasant time waster, suitable for watching stoned. Or so I would imagine.