Still Smokin
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes get to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly.
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- Cast:
- Cheech Marin , Tommy Chong , Carol van Herwijnen , Shireen Strooker , Susan Hahn , Linnea Quigley
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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
I was sort of disappointed when I realized about the fact that Still Smokin is not the second film of Cheech and Chong but the fifth one. When I bought the DVD with both Up in Smoke and Still Smokin I didn't knew much about Cheech and Chong, still I don't know much about them yet I loved Up in Smoke. Certainly by knowing that this was their fifth film my expectations decreased in a considerable way but I wasn't ready to see very soon unfunny stuff from Cheech and Chong, I missed so much Pedro and Man Stoner!Actually the first surprise comes when the film begins: the music. Is a complete change but anyway here they play themselves and they travel to Amsterdam. I liked this little section of the film or at least it is an OK introduction with this funny guy from Holland who at first thinks that Cheech is Burt Reynolds and that Chong is Dolly Parton. Is funny when Cheech says to that guy something like "don't worry I can bring here E.T., is a personal friend of mine" but certainly is not funny at all when Cheech is disguised as E.T. or every time they imagine a sketch. Each imaginary sketch is as boring as unfunny as ridiculous, very few laughs with the real show and I was extremely glad when Cheech and Chong received the applause of the audience at the very end of the film.
Let's be honest, Cheech & Chong weren't exactly artists, but some of their earlier movies were a lot of fun. This was their 4th or 5th movie, and it's basically a tired rehash of the same stoner jokes they were knocking out in Up In Smoke. Having said that, it is still fun to a certain audience; the same audience who like Beavis & Butthead or Jay & Silent Bob really.It's not just the infantile humour, it's that age old story of 'loser makes good' that we all find so satisfying over and over again. While C&C don't really achieve anything in any of their movies, they do have fun not achieving it.In this movie they end up in Amsterdam, where they are mistaken for Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton (obviously). You can pretty much imagine the rest of the movie as is. It's stupid, it's childish, it's juvenile - and that's exactly the point.
Okay...here are my comments regarding a lot of the other reviews. The people who gave it very few stars and didn't find it that funny, obviously must be either (a) very young; or (b) haven't heard Cheech & Chong's records (before they even made movies).The plot isn't that terrific (Cheech and Chong get mistaken for Burt Reynold's and Dolly Parton in Amsterdam). But that is not what carries the movie. What carries the movie is that they do a lot of their old skits from their records ("Hey Margaret", "Let's Make a Dope Deal"; "Blind Melon Chitlin'", etc). People have to remember that before "Up in Smoke" (fairly funny) and "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie" (pretty hilarious), they had put out a bunch of album's that were genuinely funny. So to see them do the skits from their old records brought back fond memories that people could do humor through vinyl (yes, they were on LP's and 8-tracks way back then). It also had some of the most terrific skits (like "Queer Wars" - with Luke Streetwalker and his faithful companion, Dougie) that had some of the best jokes around:"You just want to go to the Emperor's Ball to see that Hans Solo...... Hans Solo you don't know what their doing!!!!"Priceless stuff.I guess if some of the reviewer's heard Cheech and Chong's very early works, they might have given this movie a higher review.
This movie is really not worth seeing, and not even funny. A total waste of time and money. When you see it don't buy it!The only thing I liked was the fact that I lived in Amsterdam around 1983, and I got the feeling of my younger years back. But that still made it not worth seeing.The problem with this summary is that I really do not know what to tell more. It is really not even funny for a 3 year old.There is not much of a storyline, and the humor is awful and the movie totally boring.I have to enter 10 lines and I really don't know what to say anymore.