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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Grass (1999) *** (out of 4) Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary that takes a look at marijuana laws in America, which have been enforced for one hundred years even though nothing has ever been accomplished by it. The documentary uses stock footage from those in charge, President speeches and interviews as well as "warning" films such as Reefer Madness, Marijuana and Up in Smoke among others. Seeing the actual history of these laws makes for one funny documentary because of how stupid some of the things trying to be passed off were. I've reviewed Reefer Madness countless times but might have to give it more credit since it was the government passing most of the trash seen in the film. Throughout the film we see various speeches from government people and their opinions on the drug including that of Richard Nixon who ordered a report on the drug and when that report came back not showing the drug to be bad, Nixon simply threw the report away. The documentary never takes itself too serious nor does it ever try to be political but instead just show some facts, which some might want to overlook on purpose.

One of the better documentaries I have seen in recent times. Well researched and with many entertaining and enlightening clips of films, press conferences, et al.Although there is an apparent bias, the film actually doesn't form an argument, per se. The film is really nothing more than a documented history of government sponsored propaganda.The drawback of such an approach, however, is that one is limited to using facts which are inherently non-controversial. This provides us with an intriguing look into the war on drugs, but not necessarily an all inclusive one.

This movie has some fantastic archive footage. And it is easy to watch. Well, if you are absolutely against the freedom of other people to consume mind-active drugs, then this movie here will not be that easy to watch. It might even change your mind about the subject. I myself don't care if people are smoking marijuana, as long as they can handle it. And, if they can't, let them get some treatment or go to jail, but only if they act anti-social. Otherwise, it's just society messing up with individual rights, that's what the movie says.It also says that a law that people will not obey is useless. Like prohibiting alcohol: people that really want it will find it, and give money to the Mob for it, when it could be legal and pay taxes. What's more: the authorities will waste lots of tax money to stop what won't stop. The movie would do better to talk about the various industrial uses of hemp but, as defense of human rights, it is both sharp and humorous.

I find reviews interesting in that they tell us what the "reviewer" got out of the movie. I will try to give a true review, and I believe a true "review" tells what point the movie was making. Of course this would be what I got out of the movie, so is it a true review. Maybe the only way for a person to really know what a movie is about is to watch it and not worry about what someone else thought of it. I think this movie was written as a "documentary" and it documents the propaganda about drug from the beginning of the century. It attempts to show those of us who have seen the current propaganda our how it has been presented over the generations. I saw the point as being how serious the subject is taken now, and how we are told that the current law is based on the facts, when their facts came from a propaganda campaign. And if you look deep enough you will see that that propaganda campaign was perpetrated for the interest of Big Business. The purpose of the "war against marijuana" is not to eliminate the use. It is to prevent the growth of hemp which competes with the cotton industry, petroleum industry, paper industry, etc. It is also interesting that we continue to let the propaganda confuse the marijuana plant with the hemp plant.