Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express is an odd but enjoyable action/comedy featuring lots and lots of marijuana. Seth Rogen plays a process server who unwittingly winds up witnessing a murder enacted by a local mob boss, and then must go on the run with his burnout weed dealer, Saul, played by James Franco.

Seth Rogen plays the same character he's ever played, a weed-smoking loser who needs to get his life together. As far as this film goes, his schtick is up. Rogen chuckles and improvises his way through the film, and while in previous films such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," watching him perform was enjoyable and unexpected, by now his routine has become tired and needs a changeup.

Luckily though, we get James Franco. While Rogen is traditionally ugly and his humor is crude but straightforward, Franco is a handsome son of a gun with delightfully odd quips and plays Saul with a delirious squint and ear to ear grin. Franco is the highlight of the film, with a performance that is definitely worthy of his Best Supporting Actor nomination for the Golden Globes.

The film's primary focus is on the laughs and the weed, but there's a good and welcome amount of violence present too. "Pineapple Express" succeeds foremost as a film that stoners everywhere can enjoy to get a few laughs, but heck, with the three or so action sequences we are treated with, it's also a solid action film in its own right.