A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (Single-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy) Reviews

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas offers more of the same for fans of the previous entries in the stoner odyssey film series with the new wrinkles of a holiday theme and copious amounts of 3D gags.  While the film improves somewhat on its immediate predecessor Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, it is every bit the unnecessary re-hash (pun absolutely intended) of the first and best film in the series, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.  Even die-hard fans of the series might want to hold off on purchasing/renting the film until they can see it in 3D, since the filmmaker's whole-hearted embrace of the format is almost the whole point of the enterprise.  The digital cinematography is rendered on 2D Blu-ray with perfection, although the constant use of deep focus makes it a fairly bland visual experience in 2D.  The immersive DTS-HD-MA 5.1 audio mix on the theatrical version of the film is a lot of fun, but for reasons unknown, the extended cut of the film only receives a low bitrate Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track.  Extras include the aforementioned extended cut which does not improve much on the theatrical version, some amusing but slight improvised musings by co-start Thomas Lennon, a brief featurette on the production of the film's claymation sequence, and a trio of deleted scenes.

 

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