Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies - a new breed of teen movie. 

Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies is a teen movie ticks all the right boxes. A pair of hilarious protagonists, two guys that you can really root for. A nice line in wacky humour, stoners, chicks and copious amounts of marijuana. What stopped this from being an enormous teen movie hit?

Ethnic characters have never fared particularly well in the US of A and (this may be a little harsh) but I'm betting sweet old Mary Lou would much prefer to see Jason Biggs or Ashton Kutcher chasing after the small town women. Also, is it a coincidence that our heroes must make a journey to White Castle to achieve salvation?

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But its not just a nice dig at racial stereotypes that sets Harold & Kumar apart. This film truly has a surreal sense of humour. Sometimes it goes a step too far (the encounter with "Freakshow" and his all too welcoming wife ends just before it really does become a bit sick). Other times it gets it just right - witness the cheetah ride and a cameo appearance from a drugged up, lap-dancer chasing Doogie Howser! 

Interestingly enough the cameo from Neil Patrick Harris bears the credit Neil Patrick Harris played "Neil Patrick Harris" instead of the usual "himself". According to the Doogie-meister this is to make sure no one confuses the lapdance obsessed character with the Real Neil!

Kumar played by Kal Penn is, in real life, a vegetarian so veggie White Castles had to be cooked up for him!

It does fall apart towards the end and asks the audience to suspend their disbelief just a little too long as our heroes hang glide towards their destination. It's hard not to love a film that features a dream sequence with a bag of weed however and Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies deserves to take the crown from that bunch of white stereotypical teenagers chomping on their American Pie.