The Culture High
Phase 4 Films | Release Date: October 3, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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0
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4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldOct 2, 2014
Some of this seems like stoner’s paranoia, and some of the film’s talking heads, mainly comedians, don’t make the best advocates. Over all, though, its experts... argue forcefully for decriminalization. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweNov 15, 2014
What new information The Culture High offers is almost entirely subsumed by its sprawling ambitions to make every conceivable connection to the marijuana debate, limiting both its reliability and its impact. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiOct 9, 2014
Director Brett Harvey has gotten the documentary look and format down pat, complete with generic and gratuitous nature and cityscape shots. Where he shows an amateurish hand is in the term-paper-like voice-over narration and the inclusion of underqualified talking heads. Read full review
40
Village VoiceChris PackhamOct 2, 2014
It’s strongly anti-prohibition, and the film’s structure favors that bias. Read full review
30
VarietyGeoff BerkshireNov 15, 2014
The film’s haphazard structure and freewheeling arguments only serve to reinforce tired pothead cliches — it’s paranoid, prone to starry-eyed dorm-room philosophizing, and it doesn’t know when to quit. Read full review
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