Synopsis
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth. In this Genie Award-winning documentary veteran Canadian director Ron Mann and narrator Woody Harrelson mix humour and historical footage together to recount how the United States has demonized a relatively harmless drug.
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonNarrator (voice)
- Chevy ChaseSelf (archive footage)
Recommandations
- 88
Philadelphia Inquirer
A spirited, smart-alecky look at the ongoing conflict between a government that wants to eliminate pot and a public that wants to smoke it. - 80
Los Angeles Times
This turns out to be an informative, involving, even sobering advocacy film. - 80
Salon
A flashy, smoker-friendly documentary on the twisted history of the evil weed -- and the misguided drug war against marijuana. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
He's (Mann) a solid historian and this film is full of fascinating facts, but he's a cultural critic at heart, and a good one at that. - 70
Chicago Reader
It's as entertaining and informative as anything Mann's ever done, and as good an example of grass humor as you're likely to find anywhere. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Charged with raucous energy and a satirical slant, this witty history lesson is preaching to the converted, sharing a knowing wink with everyone who's ever inhaled. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Until something better comes along, we're just gonna have to keep the fires burning on this Ron Mann Joint. - 60
Village Voice
Grass's relentless hard sell ultimately grows wearisome. Although only 80 minutes, it ends, and not a moment too soon, with a pot legalization rally that might well be reproduced outside the theater.
