"A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas"

By: Holley SinnVerdict: Seriously?I think the best way to begin this review is to state the obvious: I am not the intended demographic for "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas". I am not a fourteen year-old boy, nor do I imbibe in certain herb-related illegal activities. I do not find joy in having 3D smoke blown in my face, nor do I enjoy being 3D egged. I love Neil Patrick Harris, but not so much in this particular role. I like my NPH lovable and cuddly. This one is nasty and...well, perverse. Good ole Harold and Kumar are pretty likable fellows...they just can't make up for the lack of substance...ahem....in their 3D extravaganza."A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" finds Harold and Kumar, John Cho and Kal Penn respectively, estranged. Kumar is knee-deep in pizza boxes and garbage as hygiene plays second fiddle to recreational drug use, and Harold is a Wall Street guy with a house in the suburbs and an angry father-in-law on his way to visit for the holidays. When Kumar receives a package addressed to Harold on accident, he decides to pay his old friend a visit on his way to a party in Manhattan. However, things go awry when lighting the strange "gift" in Harold's living room leads to burning down the Christmas tree personally grown by Harold's father-in-law, played by Danny Trejo. Madness ensues...Harold, Kumar and their friends Todd and Adrian, plus Todd's baby, Ava, wind up at a party full of teenagers, and the old friends find themselves embroiled in a bitter beer pong tournament.A whole bunch of other weird stuff happens, then some mobsters show up, and Harold and Kumar become wanted men. They accidentally do some kind of hallucinogenic drug and turn into claymation figures, then they go to White Castle, then they run into Neil Patrick Harris. Did I mention all of this takes place because they are trying to replace the burned down Christmas tree? Turns out, NPH isn't the sweet, likable fellow everyone thinks he is, Todd's baby becomes a drug addict, Kumar finds himself in possession of a lovable robot named "Waffle Bot" and Kumar performs major surgery on Santa Claus. If this is all a little too manic for you, join the club. The jokes are too obvious, the drug use is abundant, the 3D is pointless and the female characters are simply representations of the hopes and dreams of teenage boys. Luckily, the running time is not quite 90 minutes, so at least the pain was short-lived...and speaking of pain, this film was quite obviously made for those who are already feeling none of it before they walk into the theater. "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" is a super hard "R", and if you are offended by babies doing uppers, you might want to skip this one. As for me, I think I'll stay home and watch the cable marathon of "A Christmas Story". />