Dude, Where's My Car?

Jesse and Chester, two young men who have just come through an enormous night of partying, wake up with no memory of what happened. Neither can recall where Jesse's car is parked, and the car matters because the anniversary presents they bought for their girlfriends, twin sisters Wanda and Wilma, are inside it. The women refuse to accept the lost-car explanation, so the friends retrace the previous day's steps, hoping to work out where the vehicle went and what they got up to. Their search brings them into contact with several strange groups, and the trail turns out to involve far more than a misplaced car.

Danny Leiner directed the film, his first feature, from a screenplay by Philip Stark. Ashton Kutcher plays Jesse and Seann William Scott plays Chester, with Jennifer Garner and Marla Sokoloff as Wanda and Wilma, and Kristy Swanson and David Herman also appearing. Leiner went on to direct Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle in 2004.

Made for about 13 million dollars, the film took roughly 73 million dollars worldwide, a strong return on its budget. On IMDb it holds 5.5 out of 10 from around 152,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 5.5 out of 10, from some 2,100 votes. A film critics' rating of 3.8 out of 10 from 62 reviews places it below both audience scores. The film runs 83 minutes and mixes comedy and mystery with adventure, romance and science fiction.