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The Sunshine Makers is a true San Francisco story.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Village Voice by Craig D. Lindsey
For a documentary about two men who were big-time drug dealers back in the day, The Sunshine Makers is a quaint, damn-near-adorable bit of nostalgia.
70
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
The Sunshine Makers is an entertaining look at the days in which the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" were words to live by.
70
Los Angeles Times by Kimber Myers
This documentary meanders a bit as it goes between time periods, but it’s never less than entertaining and illuminating.
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The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
Whether together or apart, Mr. Sand and Mr. Scully seemed to be operating on a similar wavelength, and the movie gets a lot of mileage from their sometimes excellent, at times hair-raising, occasionally puckishly funny and altogether wild adventures.
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A light and lively look at a drug culture and trade that didn’t avoid all of the darkness that followed.