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Reefer Madness (1936)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 5/05, 9/07

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5/05: Well done.

Reefer Madness has me sold. Marijuana is the greatest menace ever...worse than the Black Death, syphilis, polio, alcohol, and the dust bowl. Although intelligence is sorely lacking and there are slow parts, it's a somewhat enjoyable, amusing movie. Dave "Faster! Play It Faster!" O'Brien is effective in a campy way.

All in all, Reefer Madness is too silly to be believed.

9/07: Reefer Madness is now a boring movie to sit through.

There's no story, and the ending leaves me in disbelief. The bad guys would've skipped town to avoid getting entangled with the murder case. On the other hand, the best part is when Ralph yelled, "Play it faster! Faster! Faster!" He may have been speedballing before that.

Of course, everything that's gone on is pure propaganda which ultimately backfired because everybody who's high seems to have loads of fun. Even the ending ruins the intended purpose because anyone of good character have been uncaught with serious crimes like that guy who went crazy behind the steering wheel, hitting somebody and driving away afterwards.

All in all, for a moral picture, Reefer Madness fails miserably.