Product Details

• Actors: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black
• Directors: Richard Sears
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2001
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JA9Z
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,755 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Bongwater" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
Struggling artist David (Luke Wilson, Battle Rocket, Charlie's Angels) has big plans for his life... except he can't exactly remember what they are. When slinky, sassy Serena (Alicia Witt, Urban Legend) waltzes into his life things take a definite turn for the better-until his house burns down and she bolts to New York with a wannabe rock star (Jamie Kennedy, Scream. While Serena frolics back east, lovesick David gets by with a little help from his friends... like singing farmer (Jack Black, High Fidelity), hilariously sarcastic (Andy Dick, Newsradio) and oversexed rich girl (Brittany Murphy, Clueless). If Serena ever returns, someone's gonna get a rude awakening, as this raucous comedy hurtles toward an outrageous and unexpected finish!

Product Description
Struggling David (Luke Wilson) has big plans for his life - except he can't exactly remember what they are. When slinky, sassy Serena (Alicia Witt) waltzes into his life, things take a definite turn for the better - until his house burns down and she bolts to New York with a wannabe rock star (Jamie Kennedy). While Serena frolics back East, David gets by with a little help from his friends - like a singing farmer (Jack Black) and an oversexed rich girl (Brittany Murphy). If Serena ever returns, someone's gonna get a rude awakening, as this raucous comedy hurtles toward an outrageous and unexpected finish!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheech and Chong vs Wes Anderson, January 6, 2003

By	Gordon Smith (san jose, ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Bongwater: Dude Check This Out [VHS] (VHS Tape)

OK, if you understand the above reference, you probably have already seen this movie. It's part dry, tongue in cheek wit, part sloppy stoner humor. It totally satifies on both accounts, although it may insult or confuse folks who are only accustomed to one of the two styles involved. After all, it's more high-brow than the C&C folks are used to and looser and more fun than the Royal Rushmore Rocketeers may be able to stomach. All in all it's an awesome little movie based on a great little book by Michael Hornburg.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ring ding ding ding ding ring ding ding ding ding..., January 12, 2006

By	SuperJenn (South Florida) - See all my reviews

A few years or so ago, I discovered this movie on cable. The title of Bongwater caught my attention and I had to see what it was about. Little did I ever suspect that it would become one of my favorite silly movies. Bongwater has an incredible cast though it doesn't seem like they had much of a budget. That's why I give it 4 stars as I think some things in the movie could have been fleshed out more. Jack Black is hilarious as the woodsy pot farmer, hence what I titled this review. If you haven't seen it yet, you'll see what I mean! Jamie Kennedy and Andy Dick also crack me up in this flick. Pull out the bong and pack it up...Bongwater is a great stoner flick you'll enjoy. Consider it a burnout bonus!

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An honest review by an honest stoner, February 17, 2004

By	"strangebrewstrat" (Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, United States) - See all my reviews

To dispell immediately what others may assert, I am indeed a stoner; I am a joker, a smoker, a midnight toker, etc. I own a fine collection of stoner films and my daily interactions often include a bowl and such a film.

That said, this movie is terrible. I cannot fathom how it received an average of 4 stars. Please do not tell me that I failed to understand the majesty of this film; I was high when I watched it.

I and the entire group of diehard potheads with which I watched it concur as to the massive suckage that was Bongwater. At first, I was upset that a movie so devoid of plot and meaning had taken the title Bongwater, which may have been used in true stoner films in the future. However, after reflecting on it with my roommate (who of course smokes), we concluded that the movie was aptly titled. After all, bong water is the leftover that nobody wants. At the movie's conclusion I said, "I need to smoke...for the first time in my life, I NEED to smoke." It was that bad. In fact, I was so upset that I couldn't even roll a proper J...and I normally get compliments for my rolling skills.

My roommate at this point interjects, "You sound too self righteous; nobody will listen. He gave it a one because he couldn't give it a zero and I suspect the rest of the reviews to be complicated attempts to deceive others into watching this film so that they can revel in their deception. Free Chong and free yourself by not becoming a prisoner to this smelly, rancid Bongwater."

To summarize, Bongwater is NOT a stoner movie in the great tradition of Up in Smoke, Half Baked, or even How High. Rather, it seems to be a poor attempt at capturing the life of a stoner, by somebody who has never touched the stuff. As evidence, I submit the scene where Luke Wilson fills up the chamber of his bong with smoke then...instead of taking the massive rip...he puts down the bong. What self respecting smoker would let a perfectly good hit go stale like that?