Cannabis kid

Movie
German title	Cannabis kid
Original title	Kid cannabis
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	John Stockwell
script	John Stockwell, Mark Binelli
production	Michael Becker , Gordon Bijelonic , Corey Large
music	Irv Johnson
camera	Peter Holland
cut	Jon Berry , James Renfroe
occupation
Jonathan Daniel Brown : Nate Norman Kenny Wormald : Topher Clark Aaron Yoo : Brendan Butler Ron Perlman : Barry Lerner John C. McGinley : John Greffard Christina Cox : Elke Greffard Corey Large : Giovanni Mendiola Bryce Hodgson : Scuzz Alex Arsenault : Dustin Lauer Jeffrey Ballard : Patrick Groves Luke Jennings : Terry Dilliard Andrew Cavin : Dylan Kieran Large : Mike Hunt Giacomo Baessato : Eddie Mendiola Merritt Patterson : Nicole Greffard Amanda Tapping : Nate's mom

Cannabis Kid (Original title: Kid Cannabis ) is an American feature film from 2014 . The film is based on the real life of Nate Norman and is inspired by an article by Mark Binellis in Rolling Stone

action

An 18-year-old high school dropout and his 27 -year-old sidekick begin smuggling marijuana from Canada across the border into the United States. Your life changes fundamentally because of the new income. The trade goes well for a while, but then the boys get blown up and go to jail.

background

Kid Cannabis premiered at the Miami International Film Festival on March 16, 2014 . The film was released in theaters in the United States on April 18, 2014. In Germany it was released directly on DVD on May 22, 2015 .

reception

According to Nick Schager of The Village Voice magazine , the film celebrates drug trafficking with glaring clichés. The obvious clichés and embarrassing portrayals in the film, according to Michael D. Reid of the Times Colonist , are made up for by the style of the director. Jordan Osterer from Slantmagazine is disappointed that the film works best when it shows the ineptitude and awkwardness of its protagonist instead of glorifying him as a stoner martyr. He agrees with Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times that the voice-over comment is annoying and distracts from the plot. The wild story sells itself, it doesn't need a narrator.

Web links

• Kid Cannabis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Cannabis Kid at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Cannabis Kid . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 150 981 V).
2. ↑ Cannabis Kid . In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved July 8, 2014.
3. ↑ Mark Binelli: Kid Cannabis: The Wild Rise and Violent Fall of a Teenage Weed Kingpin , Rolling Stone , 2005
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jordan Osterer: Kid Cannabis , Slantmagazine , April 13, 2014
5. ↑ Nick Schager: The Real-Life Story of a Teenage Drug Smuggler, Kid Cannabis is an Inane Celebration , The Village Voice , April 16, 2014
6. ↑ Michael D. Reid: Vancouver Island-grown film Kid Cannabis fueled by irony: Director's style, local scenery help Kid Cannabis rise above the common cliché , Times-Colonist , April 17, 2014
7. ^ Neil Genzlinger, Don't Just Pass the Joint, Sell It: 'Kid Cannabis,' About a Teenage Drug Kingpin , The New York Times , April 17, 2014