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Still Smokin (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Still Smokin' is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Tommy Chong, featuring Cheech & Chong sketches with a wraparound story involving the duo arriving in Amsterdam for a film festival. While the film grossed $15 million, it received predominantly negative reviews.
Plot
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play versions of themselves being invited to Amsterdam for a film festival devoted to Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. After initially assuming that Cheech was Reynolds, the promoter soon finds out that neither Reynolds nor Parton will appear, forcing the festival to be canceled. In need of a replacement act, he goes to Cheech and Chong for help, and the duo happily volunteers to give a live stand-up performance.
Most of the sketches are presented as cutaways, culminating in their live performance (filmed at the Tuschinski Theater in September 1982) ending with the Ralph and Herbie routine.
Cast
* Cheech Marin as Cheech
* Tommy Chong as Chong "Man"
* Hans Man in 't Veld as Promoter
* Carol van Herwijnen as Hotel Manager
* Shireen Strooker as Assistant Manager
* Susan Hahn as Hotel Maid
* Arjan Ederveen as Bellboy #1
* Kees Prins as Bellboy #2
* Mariette Bout as Barge Waitress
* as Barge Lady
* Carla van Amstel as Queen Beatrix
Reception
Vincent Canby of 'The New York Times' wrote, "With 'Still Smokin',' Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are scraping the bottom of the barrel and finding only bits and pieces of the characters and comedy routines that were so successful in their earlier films."Canby, Vincent (May 7, 1983). "[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F01E7D9103BF934A35756C0A965948260 Film: More Cheech and Chong]". 'The New York Times'. 16. 'Variety' panned the film as an "amateurish, incompetent excuse for filmmaking.""Film Reviews: Still Smokin". 'Variety'. 20. Gene Siskel of the 'Chicago Tribune' gave the film one star out of four, writing that it "barely qualifies as a movie," adding, "'Smokin' indicates Cheech and Chong's disrespect for their own audience and makes some of their other miserable films look good by comparison."Siskel, Gene (May 9, 1983). "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38641266/gene_siskel_movie_reviewstill/ Sloppy 'Smokin' may even burn Cheech & Chong fans]". 'Chicago Tribune'. Section 3, p. 8. Richard Harrington of 'The Washington Post' wrote, "Richard 'Cheech' Marin and Thomas Chong are 'Still Smokin'that's even the name of their latest film venturebut the daffy fires that often lit their four previous films are in danger of extinction. Or, to put it in terms they and their friends surely will understand, it's down to seeds and stems."Harrington, Richard (May 13, 1983). "Smoke Without Fire". 'The Washington Post'. B4. Linda Gross of the 'Los Angeles Times' wrote, "This is the same old stuff. The humor, if you can call it such, is crass, crude, predictable, scatological, lascivious and lame."Gross, Linda (May 11, 1983). "[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38641290/los_angeles_times_movie_reviewstill/ Same Old Stuff from Cheech, Chong]". 'Los Angeles Times'. Part VI, p. 6. Leonard Maltin's film guide gave it the lowest possible grade of BOMB called it "Rock-bottom. Not even the most forgiving C & C fans can justify this nonmovie that climaxes a scant plot involving an Amsterdam film festival with twenty minutes of laughless concert footage."
Nearly three decades after its release, the film remains "lazily offensive in its attempts to be funny,"
with a score of 3.19/10 on Rotten Tomatoes, alongside an 11% rating based on nine reviews.
References
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