From: Kong's Krappy Reviews
Date: 29 Mar 2009
Time: 23:56:56
Remote Name: 63.239.248.1
I guess this movie was OK. I was able to watch it through to the end without forcing myself. I bonded with some of the characters, laughed a little. On a scale of great to god-awful I'd rate this movie right smack in the middle.
It just sort of bums me out that there aren't many good pot movies out there, and this one is no exception. No one seems to be able to make one without an abundance of hippie stereotypes even in this day and age. I've never had much interest in that particular herb, but I lived in the pacific northwest long enough to know that the long-haired, slow talking eccentric long on eastern philosophy and short on personal hygiene is much less common than just regular, average-minded, normal-looking folks who happen to smoke weed for whatever reason.
That said, this recurring theme of the straight-laced, naive youngster from a strict and rigid family who meets a bunch of eccentric hippies who cause him to have some great epiphany for his life is really pretty silly to me. Pot is mainstream nowadays, it's in every school, every office, every suburb, everywhere. So when this character stumbles into Humbolt County grower culture and is shocked like he's never even seen a joint before I have to raise an eyebrow and smirk a little. I can't even see how that's possible in this country anymore.
This movie was a little overdramatic for me too, it needs more jokes, and there was broad potential for comedy but apparently the writer didn't smoke enough pot while he was working on this, or maybe he drank too much instead because it's way too sad for a movie with a "don't take life too seriously" sort of theme.
Anyway, I'll file this one under "Nothing Better to Watch So Why Not."
Funniest quote of the film:
Peter: How long have you been smoking that?
Max: I got into my mom's stash when I was 8.
Peter: When I was 8 I was drinking Kool-Aid and watching The Smurfs.
Max: You had your drugs I had mine.
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