Movie review: "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas"

There are some movies that change your life. Others will be so memorable and wonderful that they'll stay with you for the rest of your life.

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas is NOT one of those movies. However, that doesn't mean it isn't worth watching.

The third movie in the Harold and Kumar series, this one obviously deals with the holidays. Harold is preparing to host his wife Maria's family over for Christmas, while his friend Kumar is living in a dump of an apartment, having been recently dumped by his girlfriend, Vanessa, for being irresponsible and caring more about pot than her.

Things really begin when Kumar receives a package for Harold, and he has to deliver it to his house. Quickly, things turn to chaos, and it rolls from there.

The film features appearances from Thomas Lennon (Reno 911) as Harold's new friend, Amir Blumenfeld (CollegeHumor) as Kumar's new friend, and Danny Trejo as Maria's belligerent father.

I enjoyed the movie, but not as much as the previous two Harold and Kumar movies. The jokes were somewhat less funny, a little grosser.

Something else that didn't work in its favor was the use of 3D, as implied in the title. The 3D seem contrived, was annoying to watch, and took away from the film as a whole.

Still, the film did feature plenty of highlights, including the return of Neil Patrick Harris, somehow surviving the events of the second film, and a waffle-making robot called WaffleBot.

I can't say this is a great film, but if you're looking for a decent comedy, you could do worse.

2.5 out of 5 stars