The first of the somewhat popular stoner comedy series, “Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies” (or “Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle” as you may know it) has its moments but like a lot of movies of its type, it never impressed me that much.

Taking inspiration from “Beavis And Butt-Head Do America”, “Dumb And Dumber” and “Wayne’s World”, to name just a few, “Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies” tells the tale of two stoner friends. Korean-American Harold (John Cho “Star Trek”) and Indian-American Kumar (Kal Penn “Superman Returns”) go out on a drug-fuelled mission to eat some burgers at White Castle but get seriously side-tracked.

Harold and Kumar are kind-of funny. Harold is uptight while Kumar is laidback but both love smoking marijuana and both really want some White Castle burgers. I think Kumar is slightly more amusing. John Cho and Kal Penn do a decent job. The other characters are bland; you’ve got so many obligatory characters from this sort-of road movie genre as you have a policeman, a weirdo, attractive women and several others so it feels way too formulaic for its own good. Neil Patrick Harris (“Starship Troopers”) plays himself in a cameo and it isn’t anything special.

There’s a scene of comedy gold where Kumar has forgotten his phone, he’s just a few feet away from his flat and he contemplates getting it for several seconds before deciding that he’s too far already. There are a few other moments that are quite amusing but some of it is just unnecessarily gross such as the scene that takes place inside a female toilet room. I think if you enjoyed “Beavis And Butt-Head Do America” or “Dumb And Dumber” then you’ll enjoy “Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies” but otherwise I wouldn’t really seek this out.