DVD review: Pineapple Express

From the Judd Apatow production line, a goofy stoner comedy starring Apatow regular Seth Rogen in which pudgy losers have implausibly hot girlfriends, but male friendship is the key to life. It also comes as a surprise in being very bloody, developing into a stoner Rio Bravo. The surprise element here is director David Gordon Green - a delicate and oblique talent who would not be many people's first choice for a raucous romp. I think it's the Green influence that adds sweetness to the camaradarie...