An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
What's lacking in Up in Smoke is a cohesiveness in both humor and characterization.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 May 2008
rotten:
Director Lou Adler (the record producer) finds a few chuckles, but mostly it's amateur night.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
7 May 2008
rotten:
As the most fun comes not from watching the movie but from recalling great lines later, it would seem that the audio success of C & C has not translated too well into visuals.