Unfortunately, the above-the-line stars are the utterly unlikable Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin as Bud and Doyle, two numbskull buddies who accidentally get sealed in the titular science lab for a year after mistaking it for a mall. The below-the-line cast is fascinating in this abrasive “jerk gene” comedy, which features key supporting turns from Kylie Minogue, Henry Gibson, pre- Scream Rose McGowan and William Atherton (playing a pompous scientist, of course), not to mention cameos from Roger Clinton, Patty Hearst and Tenacious D. As far as the nine films listed, well, they’re basically the brown weed of stoner cinema. Good and great stoner movies form a diverse group that includes Friday and Dazed and Confused, but you’re far more likely to stumble upon an unwatchable bag of schwag. That said, there’s probably no cinematic subgenre with a higher fail rate than the “stoner film.” Hallmarks include clueless heroes, horny adolescents, toilet humor, pervasive drug use and gratuitous sexuality. As co-host of the Dare Daniel podcast, I’m routinely called upon to watch and review the worst movies imaginable, so I’m fluent in dregs of all genres. Not to brag, but I consider myself something of a bad movie aficionado.
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