Still Smokin (1983)

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Okay...here are my comments regarding a lot of the other reviews. The people who gave it very few stars and didn't find it that funny, obviously must be either (a) very young; or (b) haven't heard Cheech & Chong's records (before they even made movies).The plot isn't that terrific (Cheech and Chong get mistaken for Burt Reynold's and Dolly Parton in Amsterdam). But that is not what carries the movie. What carries the movie is that they do a lot of their old skits from their records ("Hey Margaret", "Let's Make a Dope Deal"; "Blind Melon Chitlin'", etc). People have to remember that before "Up in Smoke" (fairly funny) and "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie" (pretty hilarious), they had put out a bunch of album's that were genuinely funny. So to see them do the skits from their old records brought back fond memories that people could do humor through vinyl (yes, they were on LP's and 8-tracks way back then). It also had some of the most terrific skits (like "Queer Wars" - with Luke Streetwalker and his faithful companion, Dougie) that had some of the best jokes around:"You just want to go to the Emperor's Ball to see that Hans Solo...... Hans Solo you don't know what their doing!!!!"Priceless stuff.I guess if some of the reviewer's heard Cheech and Chong's very early works, they might have given this movie a higher review.

I saw this on a double bill with "Downfall." Similar films in a way.The idea here is that Cheech and Chong play themselves, skit comedians. That they are in Holland is incidental. The setup is there only so that they can do a stage show at the end.In between we have "imagined" skits. Many of them. And a few of the episodes in the story proper reference the stage. For instance Cheech wants to screw the hotel maid and is (for other reasons) disguised at ET. He hides in the closet amid stuffed animals. It was the only laugh in this whole thing.Yes, that's right, they have hundreds of jokes and none of them funny.So you need to be content (if you've been tricked into watching this) with the notions of performance about performance. Every skit has this theme. So in this movie, we'll have a stage show, or a TeeVee show or a movie, each one of which makes fun of another.The same notion was used in the next generation of stoner movie, "Wayne's World." Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

I had seen one or two Cheech and Chong movies when I was younger and I didn't really get a good understanding about them. Now years later I decided to watch a bunch of them (from Up in Smoke to Still Smokin). Now, Up in Smoke was very good for their humour, this was not.I can watch most movies regardless of how bad they are but this was different. When you had a movie that worked so well years prior it is sad to see what could of been. Towards the middle of this movie you realize its going nowhere quick. The fun of Cheech and Chong was the adventure to get more, be it whatever drug. In Amsterdam there is no 'hunt', they just get it. Now I must admit that they are playing themselves and not the usual stoners, but can we all agree that we enjoyed those stoners a lot more. The Burt and Dolly thing get old quick and I found out that there is no defined conflict. it is more just little escapades , if even.I give this movie a 2 because it is a huge disappointment.

This sequel to "Cheech And Chong's Up In Smoke" finds the drug addled duo (Richard "Cheech" Marin, Thomas Chong) wandering into a bankrupt film festival in Amsterdam. In an effort to raise funds, the duo plan a drug sale. No better or worse than any of the duo's other films together.