Cheech & Chong's Last Movie

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Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
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Directed byDavid L. Bushell
Produced byDavid L. Bushell
Robbi Chong
Starring Cheech & Chong
CinematographyMichael Alden Lloyd
Peter Flinckenberg
Joe Cicio
Edited byBrett Mason
Music byDave Palmer
Production
company
Bushell Productions
Distributed byKeep Smokin'
Release dates
  • March 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)(SXSW) [1]
  • April 20, 2025 (2025-04-20) [1]
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$750,396 [2] [3]

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie is a 2024 American documentary film about Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin, who make up the comedy duo Cheech & Chong. The film is directed and produced by David L. Bushell. It premiered at the 2024 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival. It was given a limited theatrical release on April 20, 2025, and then a nationwide release on April 25. [1] [4]

Contents

Premise

While on a road trip to a place called "The Joint", Cheech & Chong recall their lives, from childhood to joining forces in the 1960s up until their breakup in the 1980s.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 89% of 28 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "Getting a lot of mileage out of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong's enduring rapport, their Last Movie provides both a comprehensive retrospective and a touching last hangout with this legendary comedy duo." [5] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [6]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "David Bushell's directorial debut receiving its world premiere at SXSW provides a fairly definitive portrait of the legendary comic duo who became a cultural sensation starting in the early 1970s thanks to their sold-out live performances, top-selling comedy albums, and hit movies. There's much fun to be derived from their reunion for this film chronicling their decades-long, on-and-off association, not to mention seeing them driving through the desert and riffing together in their distinctive gonzo way." [7]

Vikram Murthi of IndieWire gave the film a B-, writing, "Any serious comedy fan will probably get something from Last Movie even as it overstays its welcome. It's refreshing that the film never tries to force Cheech and Chong's comedy to transcend its historical period." [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Cheech And Chong's Last Movie,' Documentary About Best Buds Of Comedy, To Hit Theaters In April". Deadline . February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cheech and Chong's Last Movie (2025)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Cheech and Chong's Last Movie (2025)". The Numbers.com. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Cheech and Chong Documentary Hitting Theaters in April". Consequence . February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ "'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' Review: A Lively and Informative Look at the Duo, Then and Now". The Hollywood Reporter . March 12, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ "'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' Review: The Legendary Stoner Duo Recount Meteoric Rise in Hit-or-Miss Archival Doc". IndieWire . March 12, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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