How High

Two friends, Silas and Jamal, get their hands on a special batch of marijuana that sharpens the mind rather than clouding it. Smoking it lets them score extraordinarily well on their college entrance exams, and the results are good enough to win them places at Harvard. Once they arrive, the Ivy League environment is unfamiliar, but the pair settle in without much trouble. The problem comes when their supply runs out, forcing them to get through their courses on their own abilities.

Jesse Dylan directed the film, the first in his directing career, from a screenplay by Dustin Lee Abraham. Method Man plays Silas P. Silas and Redman plays Jamal King, with Obba Babatundé as Dean Carl Cain, Mike Epps as Baby Powder, Anna Maria Horsford as Mamma King and Fred Willard as Philip Huntley. Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher produced. The comedy runs 93 minutes and was released in December 2001.

Made for about 12 million dollars, it took in roughly 31 million worldwide, a solid return on its budget. Audiences are more receptive than critics: on IMDb it holds 6.2 out of 10 from 65,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.4 out of 10 from 1,094 votes, while the critics' rating stands at 3.8 out of 10 from 59 reviews.