Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
Acting
Method Man and Redman's effortless chemistry carries every scene
Writing
Surprisingly sharp satire of Ivy League elitism buried under the smoke
Director
Jesse Dylan
Method Man
Silas P. Silas
Redman
Jamal King
Obba Babatundé
Dean Carl Cain
Mike Epps
Baby Powder
Anna Maria Horsford
Mamma King
Fred Willard
Philip Huntley
Jeffrey Jones
Vice President
Héctor Elizondo
Bill the Crew Coach
Lark Voorhies
Lauren
Essence Atkins
Jamie
Al Shearer
I Need Money
T.J. Thyne
Gerald
Justin Urich
Jeffrey
Trieu Tran
Tuan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Harvard scenes were shot at UCLA, USC, and a Los Angeles high school—Harvard famously refused.
This film helped cement the 'stoner comedy' as a viable theatrical genre in the early 2000s, paving the way for Harold & Kumar two years later.
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