Square Grouper

Name: Square Grouper
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 15, 2011
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 55

2011

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 15, 2011 | R

Summary: In 1979, the US Customs Service reported that 87% of all marijuana seizures in the US were made in the South Florida area. Due to the region's 5,000 miles of coast and coastal waterways and close proximity to the Caribbean and Latin America, South Florida was a pot smuggler's paradise. In sharp contrast to the brazenly violent cocaineIn 1979, the US Customs Service reported that 87% of all marijuana seizures in the US were made in the South Florida area. Due to the region's 5,000 miles of coast and coastal waterways and close proximity to the Caribbean and Latin America, South Florida was a pot smuggler's paradise. In sharp contrast to the brazenly violent cocaine cowboys of the 1980's, Miami's marijuana smugglers were cooler, calmer, and for the most part, nonviolent. Square Grouper paints a vivid portrait of Miami's pot smuggling culture in the 1970s and 1980s through three of the city's most colorful stories. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

Director: Billy Corben

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Apr 16, 2011

If "Cocaine Cowboys" was an epic, ironic yarn of murder and madness and the building of a boomtown built largely on drug money, Square Groupers is a more rueful tale. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

Apr 14, 2011

Corben has done an impressive amount of journalistic research that will be of particular interest to South Florida audiences. Every time you think Miami couldn't possibly get any weirder, it does. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Apr 15, 2011

Relying heavily on old network newscasts, Corben introduces a collection of colorful characters who just want to get stoned. Read full review

Mark Holcomb

Apr 12, 2011

Square Grouper's admirably backhanded inquiry into the social and economic costs of weed criminalization extends far beyond the wake-and-bake crowd. Read full review

Sam Adams

Apr 12, 2011

If violence ever comes into the picture-and considering the illegal millions made from trafficking, it strains credulity to imply it doesn't-we don't hear about it, as Corben wants to paint the subjects as drug-war martyrs. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Apr 12, 2011

Think of it as the cinematic equivalent of a buzz-kill. Read full review

Rachel Saltz

Apr 14, 2011

The film mixes period footage with visually unappealing contemporary interviews. If you're expecting voluble, outsize personalities with colorful war stories, you'll be disappointed. Read full review

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