BLU-RAY REVIEW

Half Baked

Featured In Issue 119, April 2007

Picture	3.5
Sound	NR
WSR Score	3

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(Studio/Distributor):

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

(Catalog Number):

61032811

(MPAA Rating):

R

(Rating Reason):

For pervasive drug content, language, nudity, and sexual situations

(Retail Price):

$34.98

(Disc Type):

Dual Side/Dual Layer (HD DVD30/DVD9)

(Widescreen Edition):

Yes

(Full Screen Edition):

No

(Running Time In Minutes):

82

(Color Type):

Color

(Chaptered/Scene Access):

Yes

(Closed Captioned):

Yes

(Regional Coding):

1

(Theatrical Year):

1988

(Theatrical Release):

Yes

(Direct-To-Video Release):

No

(Disc Release Date):

01/30/07

(THX® Digitally Mastered):

No

(Director):

Tamra Davis

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(Disc Soundtrack):

Dolby Digital+ 5.1

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A comedy about best buds, Half Baked finds four underachieving friends who live, play and party together, caught in a sticky situation. One night, while on a munchies run, Kenny (Williams) innocently stops to share some junk food with a diabetic NYPD patrol horse. When the horse keels over dead, Kenny is arrested as a cop killer! Thurgood (Chappelle), Scarface (Diaz) and Brian (Breuer) hastily resolve to raise Kenny's bail of $100,000. Our marginally employed heroes find their only way to raise the money is to start a home delivery weed service using the marijuana found in the government-funded research lab where Thurgood works as a janitor.

The only special feature on Side A is commentary with Director Tamra Davis. On Side B, there's the Davis commentary (again), ten minutes of deleted scenes, an alternate ending, five minutes with The Guy On The Couch, a five-part featurette examining different types of smokers (First Timer, Overhitter, Adventurer, Ritual, and Paranoid), six minutes "baking" some homestyle recipes with Granny, and seven pages of production notes. And up-front previews.

The VC-1-encoded 1.85:1 HD DVD exhibits bold colors, but details are not as well resolved as on the best high-definition releases. Contrast is well balanced, as is shadow delineation, but fleshtones are rather pink. (Danny Richelieu)

The Dolby� Digital Plus 5.1-channel encoding is rather basic, generally relegated to the center channel. Fidelity is good, although there are times when the dialogue is obviously ADR-produced. (Danny Richelieu)

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