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06/20/05
Reefer Madness (1937)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:11
Rotten:13
Average Rating:4.8/10
Synopsis: Considered by many to be the most famous exploitation film ever, REEFER MADNESS is a hilariously campy cult-classic about the dangers of the devil's weed. You know, marijuana. The story stems from... [More]
Starring: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien
Director: Louis Gasnier
Reviews for Reefer Madness
Top CriticAll the performers either overact laughably or underact to the point of just standing in place and speaking lines in a monotone.
03/28/07
A laughable and ignorant indictment of marijuana culture. Even the camp appeal isn't worthwhile.
03/19/03
Campy and just plain awful
02/13/01
As the evidence mounts before us, it becomes clear that the general purpose of Reefer Madness was not pedantry, but vicarious lasciviousness.
08/24/04
The film is so idiotic that it almost demands being seen to confirm how bad it is.
02/28/06
Not as funny as it sounds.
03/18/03
No review available.
09/05/02
...probably the granddaddy of all so-bad-it's-good cult films. I'm not sure it started a welcome trend.
03/11/04
This is neither the best nor the worst of this sort of thing -- nor even the most salacious. It may, however, be the silliest.
02/02/03
No review available.
10/14/02
The most famous of all the vintage "message" movies from the 30s and 40s only gets, uh, better with age.
04/19/04
Those of you who enjoy gathering with a bunch of friends and making fun of movies will get a huge kick out of this one, as will viewers who are stoned out of their flowery little minds.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/25/02
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06/04/05
One of the most absurdly earnest exercises in paranoia you'll ever have the good fortune to see.
06/24/06
A true guilty pleasure; laughable today. More fun than educational.
02/25/04
The film is more interesting as a video time capsule reflecting what some saw as a threat to America's moral fiber.
12/08/02
No review available.
02/03/05
The original antimarijuana film (1936), offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to savage lusts and women to unspeakable depravities, along with a little bit of dumb fun.
03/28/07
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