The War on the War on Drugs
Release Date: June 24, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
23
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
5
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The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
The movie is 74 minutes of hilarious pro-drug vignettes, loosely strung together like a themed episode of "Saturday Night Live." Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Writer-director-producer-actor-composer-singer Soling claims to have spent a year researching the war on drugs before deciding to make a satire instead of a documentary, but he apparently threw most of his facts out the window in favor of absurdism, exaggeration, slander, and self-congratulatory humor. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Like so much dope humor, Soling's logic is fuzzy, and you'd have to be pretty high to find any of it funny. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Seemingly made while writer-director-star Cevin Soling was heavily under the influence, this generally witless ode to illegal substances is apparently meant to be viewed that way, as well. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
Strings together 60 amateurish short films to tell us drugs are cool, man. Read full review
0
Village VoicePeter L'Official
Ineptitude is so thorough here that War on . . . could only make sense as a sinister governmental smear campaign to justify the war on drugs and total sobriety. Read full review
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