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‘Half Baked’ gives enjoyment

By John Grundman
IV Leader Movie Critic

    There are a number of different kinds of pot smokers. They range from the "avid non-smoker" all the way to the straight up pothead with many other classifications in between. Despite your feelings about pot, however, it's pretty safe to say that anybody, with a good sense of humor who isn't easily offended, can enjoy “Half Baked.”
    The premise of “Half Baked” is really quite simple. Kenny (Harland Williams) makes a journey to buy munchies after an early evening smoke session, but feeds some of the tasty snacks to the wrong diabetic horse. The horse belongs to a cop and Kenny is jailed for killing a police officer. It is then up to Thurgood Jenkins (Dave Chappelle), Brian (Jim Breuer) and Scarface (Guillermo Diaz) to raise the money to bail out their "bud" Kenny.     Scarface comes up with the idea to steal weed from the pharmaceutical building Thurgood works for.
    At the suggestion of "the guy on the couch" (Steven Wright), the crew decides to raid the pharmaceutical lab. However, the raid goes bad.
    The Fully Baked Edition can be bought in either wide screen or full frame formats depending your preference. The transfer on this film is well done. Color is the key in this movie. Nearly every scene has bright contrasting colors and green can be found in most places.
    As far as the way it sounds, I found no problems. There are no real action sequences and the plot is mostly dialogue driven. The music is clearer than before, but it's no big deal. Also included are French and Spanish language tracks along with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
    The extras in this film are plentiful. There is a commentary track by director Tamra Davis, but it's no big deal because of long pauses mixed with some decent stories about the cast and production. Next is a segment entitled "Five Minutes with 'The Guy on the Couch'" which I thought would be an interview with Wright. I'll leave it up to you to see what it really is.