In the end, Pineapple Express is a comedy that really stands on its own two feet. Even with that said, drug use does feature very heavily, and those who know a bit about marijuana-related culture will have any easier time understanding some of the jokes in the film. More of the humor comes from Franco, Rogan or McBride's antics instead of the drug use, and a variety of the situations would be just as funny if the protagonists were sober. The movie has relatively little in common with other drug comedies, instead packing in a great deal of action alongside the drug-related humor. The trio make it through fights, arrests and even their own attempts to save themselves to an action-packed conclusion. Interspersed with the attempts to escape the dealer are the two's interactions with Red (Danny McBride), another dealer. Unfortunately, neither possesses a great deal of social skill or ability, instead relying on their own assumptions and marijuana-related paranoia to get through the day. Dale is the only witness to a crime, and the two must do what they can to make sure that he avoids the wrath of a major drug dealer. A true stoner comedy, Pineapple Express follows subpoena server Dale (Seth Rogan) and his pot dealer Saul (James Franco) as they go on the run. Whether because of this or in spite of it, Pineapple Express succeeds both as a drug film and as a comedy. Very much unlike any of the other films out at the time, this movie gave viewers a unique look at the comedy styles of two men that generally found themselves playing the sidekicks in other films. It is odd, then, that Pineapple Express was so very successful when it came out.
Though many were successful in the seventies, the eighties and nineties saw a major lack of such films.
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