How High
Two underachieving friends reach Harvard through magical marijuana, then face college life when their supernatural advantage disappears.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- bawdy
- absurd
- stoner movie night
- casual group viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a sloppily constructed, vulgar stoner comedy with occasional laughs but insufficient material and an abrupt ending.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Silas and Jamal use magical smoke to ace their college entrance exam and gain access to Harvard.
The protagonists enter Harvard and struggle to adapt to Ivy League life while maintaining their outsider identity.
When the supernatural smoke runs out, Silas and Jamal must rely on each other to survive at college.
The film uses a magical smoking premise, vulgar jokes, and surreal comic incidents such as exhuming John Quincy Adams.
Films like How High, and why
Friday
Shares a lowbrow stoner-comedy tone, cannabis-centered humor, and friendship-driven misadventures.
The Wash
Shares irreverent urban comedy, drug humor, and a buddy dynamic built around escalating absurdity.
Road Trip
Shares a fish-out-of-water college setting, broad comedy, and outsider characters navigating an elite institution.
Half Baked
Shares a cannabis-focused premise, countercultural humor, and episodic buddy-comedy structure.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jesse Dylan
- Release Date
- 2001-12-21
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1096)
Cast
- Method Man
- Redman
- Obba Babatundé
- Mike Epps
- Anna Maria Horsford
- Fred Willard
- Jeffrey Jones
- Héctor Elizondo
- Lark Voorhies
- Essence Atkins
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is How High about?
- Two underachieving friends reach Harvard through magical marijuana, then face college life when their supernatural advantage disappears.
- What is How High like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of How High as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is How High violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in How High as mild.
- What did critics think of How High?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a sloppily constructed, vulgar stoner comedy with occasional laughs but insufficient material and an abrupt ending.
- Which films are like How High?
- Films with a similar feel include Friday, The Wash, Road Trip, and Half Baked.
- How long is How High?
- How High runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch How High?
- In United States, How High streams on Starz Apple TV channel.
