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Forbes
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' Gets Digital Streaming Date
"Cheech & Chong's Last Movie" partial poster featuring Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin. Cheech & Chong's Last Movie — a documentary about iconic stoner comedy buds Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong — is coming soon to digital streaming. Directed by David Bushell, Cheech & Chong's Last Movie was released theaters on April 25 after a special screening of the film on Stoner Day on 4/20. The official summary of the film reads, 'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie defies documentary expectations, offering a wildly imaginative take on genre convention; a true-life tale told through a mix of animation and archival madness, all underscored by a classic cinematic road trip comedy. 'Tracing the enduring legacy of pioneering comics Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, the film features interviews, sketches, and never-before-seen footage spanning the duo's five-decade career. The result is an unlikely story of friendship and fame, turmoil and defiance, rebellion and ultimately — redemption.' Cheech and Chong's Last Movie is expected to be released on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Friday, May 23, per When to Stream. While When to Stream is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, the streaming tracker did not indicate if distributor Keep Smokin' had announced or confirmed the documentary's release date, so it is subject to change. When Cheech and Chong's Last Movie becomes available on PVOD, it will be available for purchase or rent on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube. Prime Video currently has the documentary up for pre-order for $19.99, which is also the digital purchase price. Since digital rentals typically are $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Cheech and Chong's Last Movie for $14.99 for a 48-hour period. See the trailer for Cheech & Chong's Last Movie below (disclaimer: coarse language). Cheech and Chong's Last Movie has earned just over $750,000 in limited release in North American theaters to date. Production budget information is not available. Cheech and Chong's Last Movie was a hit with Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film an 88% 'fresh' score based on 25 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film 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.' In addition, audiences gave Cheech and Chong's Last Movie an 86% 'fresh' rating on the RT's Popcornmeter based on 50-plus verified user ratings. Rated R, Cheech and Chong's Last Movie, featuring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, is expected to debut on PVOD on May 23.
New York Times
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Cheech and Chong's Last Movie' Review: Rolling Another One for the Road
It is not quite accurate to state that had recreational marijuana use been legal in the early 1970s, the comedy team of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong would not have had careers. As the new documentary 'Cheech and Chong's Last Movie' details, they had rather relatively lucrative gigs before the rise of the counterculture. But when they brought stoner characters into their act, it propelled them even, well, higher. 'Cheech and Chong's Last Movie,' directed by David Bushell, features the two comedians ruminating on their careers and friendship. They do so both in separate talking-head segments and sitting together in the front seat of a vintage roadster in search of a site called 'The Joint.' The first segments are more or less extemporaneous interviews, while the scenes in the roadster are scripted. The emotions they perform, however, feel genuine. Bushell has an archive of vintage audio and visual footage to buttress an already incredible narrative. Tommy Chong was born in Canada, but Richard Marin, who was known as Cheech, moved there in the 1960s to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Both were keen on pursuing music careers before they met in an improv theater group in Vancouver. The movie delves so deeply into their pasts that 'Cheech and Chong,' their 1971 blockbuster debut comedy album, doesn't come up until an hour into the movie. And yet the documentary doesn't quite cover everything — their collaborations with Joni Mitchell and Martin Scorsese go unmentioned, for example. This is still a rollicking account that will make even non-herbally-inclined viewers root for the fellows.
