
Cheech and Chong meet up by chance on the highway somewhere in California. They go in search of some dope and are accidentally deported to Mexico where in their desperation to get home they agree to drive a van back to the States so they can get back in time for a gig they are due to play. Unaware of the properties from which the van is constructed they make their way back having aquired a couple of female hitch-hikers whilst all the time avoiding the cops whom they are not e... (Full plot summary below)
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Cheech and Chong meet up by chance on the highway somewhere in California. They go in search of some dope and are accidentally deported to Mexico where in their desperation to get home they agree to drive a van back to the States so they can get back in time for a gig they are due to play. Unaware of the properties from which the van is constructed they make their way back having aquired a couple of female hitch-hikers whilst all the time avoiding the cops whom they are not even aware are following them.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonCheech Marin and Thomas Chong prove to be irresistible anti-establishment figures in this consistently amusing dum-dum comedy. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenCheech & Chong's first movie is still their best. The duo wrote the genial script about the never-ending search for great pot, and a good supporting cast co-stars. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka shaggy slice of slacker comedy, and while no one will mistake it for a particularly well-made movie, it is imminently likeable and repeatedly watchable |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesCheech & Chong had their act down pat by '78 and turned out to be a natural movie-comedy team. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullUp in Smoke is the world's most revered -- and most idiotic -- drug movie. |
| VarietyVariety StaffWhat's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelThat’s the trouble at the center of the benign but tepid ganja-classic Up in Smoke: Its toking Abbott-and-Costello duo are so content to simply drift away in clouds of smoke that the audience is often left behind looking for the jokes. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldAs the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals. |
| IGNHock TehAnd on this particular trek, the 70's duo find themselves in comedic situations which hit and miss in relatively equal measure. |
| Slant MagazineFernando F. CroceAs far as comedic ingredients go, weed is not so much a surefire laugh-getter as it is a free-floating lubricant capable of setting off wicked complications. |