First, if you haven’t seen Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle, you’re a turd and you don’t know what you’re missing. Using my unparalleled Desi-in-SF connections, I had a chance to hit a sneak preview a week before the flick opened for the proletariat.

I’m a tough critic (albeit with a softspot for juvenile slapstick humor) and I was frankly bursting in laughter throughout the flick. If my recommendation ain’t enough to compel you to part with your hard earned $8, then perhaps this message from Kal Penn might convince you –

Remember when “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” came out and no one would sit next to you in school because they thought you had monkey-brains and snakes in your sandwich?… Unfortunately, most of us within the South Asian American community have had negative experiences with media images.

…I might be biased since I`m IN the film, so I`ll quote my mom (she loved it too). I believe her words were, “Very nice beta.” She was joined by Ebert & Roeper who gave us “Two Thumbs Up” (the physical gesture, not the Indian soda).

Entertainment or community service, whatever the motive, go check it out.