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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 15396
Released: January 13, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Peter Hadley, an uptight and disillusioned medical student is failed by one of his professors, who happens to be his father. Seeking some escape, Peter ends up in bed with a nightclub singer named Bogart, who invites him on a road trip to Humboldt County. It is here that he meets and is embraced by Bogart s eccentric marijuana farming family. When Bogart leaves Peter stranded, he begins a new journey of his own.
Humboldt County Reviews:
A Thoughful Perusal of the Pot Situation 
2009-11-11 - In a beautiful redwood setting, two pot farming approaches are shown: farmed for self-use, and for self-use and profit. Also the clash between local and state quasi-acceptance and Federal raiding and arresting is explored. Believable characters and plot, well acted and gripping - very enjoyable overall.
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Poor Quality Production 
2009-07-29 - When you encounter problems right at the start of a movie it does not bode well for the remaining parts. Specifically the sound quality and articulation by actors varied so much that it was difficult to understand important dialogue. Add to that, that the producing studio, in taking short cuts to save money, did not offer subtitles.
The characters are well developed to the point of looking as if clipped from stereotypic people stickers. For example, after 8 years of education a medical student can't pass a simple oral exam then in solace meets a singer in a bar and after a brief obligatory unseen sex scene they take it trip to a pot growing commune. He meets the stereotypic intelligentsia professional dropouts spending time smoking and looking at trees and water while avoiding obligatory law enforcement disruptions to their growing activities. In summation, there is nothing new or creative in the substance and presentation of issues in this movie.
Wonderful stoner movie
2009-06-01 - This movie is similar to Homegrown, but has a lot more depth. The storyline is way more believable. The acting is superb. I would highly recommend this movie to all potheads.
Find yourself on the Lost Coast! 
2009-05-27 - We love the real Humboldt County (have a college student at Humboldt State!) and hoped this film would go beyond the usual Cheech-and-Chong image of the Great Wet North as just a bunch of spaced out potheads. Yes, it does center on the culture of California's #1 unofficial cash crop, but it's a wonderful, quirky journey of self-discovery for the alienated urban Stranger in a Strange Land who finds himself suddenly stranded there, and for the local denizens as well, told with humor, affection, tragedy and style. Some major established talents appear in this movie, obviously because they loved the story & the characters they got to play (not a Big Bucks production but very professionally crafted). Love the film and DON't miss the hilarious "Making of" extra -- it's worth the price of the DVD alone!
Caught me off gaurd
2009-04-24 - Being a stoner my self, I did not know what this movie was about. This movie takes a different look at those people who smoke pot. Its shows they're really just normal people like every one else. Not sure what else to say really but, its got a good message i guess and it touches the heart. Deff. a good flick. Check it out fo sho
