A/k/a Tommy Chong

Name: A/k/a Tommy Chong
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 14, 2006
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 60

2006

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Blue Chief Entertainment | Release Date: June 14, 2006

Summary: Filmmaker Josh Gilbert follows the tragic and absurd journey of legendary counter-culture comedian Tommy Chong who in 2003 was indicted in an internet drug paraphernalia sting and wound up serving nine months in federal prison. (ThinkFilm)

Director: Josh Gilbert

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 80 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Chong does his time (nine months) and has the last laugh, emerging as a born-again activist-survivor of the culture wars. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

This is a small film, but it moved me and made me angry. Both reactions, in this context, are worthwhile. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Tells the depressing, often ridiculous and generally enraging story of how and why Mr. Chong, an extremely laid-back and genial camera presence, ended up doing time in the minimum-security Taft Correctional Institution in Taft, Calif. Read full review

Wesley Morris

This isn't a great piece of nonfiction filmmaking, but it has its moments. Read full review

K.J. Doughton

Leave the Visine and wrapping papers at home for A/K/A Tommy Chong, a surprisingly clear-eyed, sober account of what it’s liked to be embraced by a culture, while loathed by the Powers That Be. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Perhaps it was inevitable that a movie about the ultimate stoner would be undone by fuzzy execution and lack of ambition. Read full review

Rob Nelson

Following Chong to the clink by way of a few well-timed stand-up gigs, this genial doc sprinkles Reagan and Nixon soundbites over its vintage stash of C&C clips for a suitably fuzzy squint at America from '69 to the buzzkill present. Read full review

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MartinS.

Jun 15, 2006

Film of the year. FIlm of the year. Tommy Chong, he's my homeboy.

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