80
A flashy, smoker-friendly documentary on the twisted history of the evil weed -- and the misguided drug war against marijuana.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Rich with statistics and snazzy visuals, but it ignores those larger questions and, as a result, feels a tad naïve.
60
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.
70
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
70
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.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
This turns out to be an informative, involving, even sobering advocacy film.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Until something better comes along, we're just gonna have to keep the fires burning on this Ron Mann Joint.
30
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
It has as much of an ax to grind as the humorless and misguided bureaucrats it mocks.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
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.
88
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
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.