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Plot:
Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson documents his experience avoiding pot for 30 days and then consuming...( read more 
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MCT:October 6, 2008
Ok so I smoke pot and i love documentaries so i think this movie was def catering to me. I thought that it was going to be a spoof of super size me in a bad way, but although it sort of was a spoof it wasn't in the way i thought. There was tons of information provided and a good look into the legality of it especially in California.
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MCT:September 6, 2008A completely irresponsible, inaccurate, but occasionally entertaining documentary that is better left as a one-liner. Anyone who smokes pot regularly but claims 'not to be a drug addict'...yeah, right. Strictly for Benson fans and/or the target audience.
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MCT:September 5, 2008
It started as a joke in a Doug Benson comedy routine and ended as a conceptually jumbled film financed by Netflix. Yes kids, this is the apex of the vortex of stoner culture. Super High Me is a take off of Super Size Me, but in this scenario, comedian Doug Benson will be abstaining from Marijuana for 30 days, before he smokes marijuana all day, every day for 30 days straight. The goal of this? I'm not sure if even they know. See the problem with Super High me is its this odd hybrid of film types, kind of like some beautiful, sticky, bastardized weed you buy from the guy down the hall. It's pretty good, but it probably isn't worth the price and you can't really decide how you feel while you're on it. Is it a comedy film? You might think so from the way the movie combines Benson comedy tour clips with behind the scenes type footage. Is it a film attempting to dispel rumors of marijuana use? It very well could be with all of the tests they're performing on him. Is it a film about medical marijuana? You might be convinced that it is based on the constant coverage of dispensary battles and explanation of Proposition 215. But the film never really gets a grasp on the latter two subjects. The tests performed on Benson are loose, objectionable, and completely without merit. They do a psychic test on him for christs sake. The memory test is ridiculous in that he knows exactly what to expect the second time around. The subject of Medical Marijuana is covered at a purely basic level at best, but at least its still admirable. And I do praise the film for covering the dispensary battles with a sympathetic and hands on style. Basically, the film ends up being a pretty humorous portrayal of a weed binge, great for stoners, great for casual smokers, but not great for proving anything beyond weed is fun and stand up comedians can smoke a ton of it and get away with it.
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MCT:September 5, 2008Although it's basically every potheads wet-dream to have this guys job. But they really do explore the effects in depth, which made a few parts funnier to watch. "..it just makes everything more fun."
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MCT:August 30, 2008Doug Benson takes it upon himself to delve into the medical marijuana debate mouth first. A good mix of standup (topic specific) and pseudo-scientific research, done in the style of Super Size Me. A must see for potheads and a definite enjoyable watch for standup comedy fans. Great humor that deals with a very real social issue.
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MCT:August 17, 2008This film prooves nothing we didn't already know about marijuana... but just reenforces the governments unlawful tactics to keep the world from the safer option than alcohol.
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MCT:August 16, 2008I didn't like this film much more then Super Size Me with Morgan Spurlock but I did like it better. I thought it would be funnier then it was. Yes, I know, it is a documentary but I still thought it would be funnier. It did make you laugh a little bit but not enough. Don't waste your time and watch some stand-up comedy instead.
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MCT:August 12, 2008
Not a very scientific study, but it was pretty funny. I think he was actually more funny during the time he was straight.
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MCT:August 11, 2008
I thought this was just fucking stupid. He is not funny at all. There wasn't another stoner comic that could have done this?
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MCT:August 5, 2008
if you smoke it or did smoke it you'll like it, if you can pick it up for free then go for it. I have some problems with some of the things in this because this shows the abuse of it but still shows that its sideeffect just makes you lazy I don't think this has help the case for legalization in anyway.
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MCT:July 11, 2008I wish you can rate no stars, but half will have to do. I know a lot of people support medical marijuana, but I really don't see it as viable in any case. Anything that affects your mind like that is stupid in general. And I know people who support it will see this movie and go, "Dude, that guy scored higher on his SATs when he was high. Omg, marijuana makes you totally smart, man! I'm gonna get high for my test too!" Please. This is not only a poor excuse for a documentary, it has no solid data on it and provides no moral lessons as well. As quoted by the lovely man getting high, "I thought after 30 days, I would be sick of marijuana. But I'm still getting high even after 30 days." This movie likes its weed, and it's easy to see they portray a biased stance on it and not even a scientific approach that I can respect at that.
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MCT:July 5, 2008
I've been meaning to write a review about this for a while, but I've been too stoned. When Doug says in his standup, "So I will be smoking pot all day every day for thirty days in a row", I would have heckled in reply, "Welcome to my life!!!"
A nice blend of stoner humor and serious documentary film-making on the political movement and people affected by the battle for legalization of marijuana in America. I'm a well rounded pothead, so I love this approach of going serious to silly several times in the same reel. ssssssmoke!
I'm totally high right now, and I love this movie. I woke up yesterday wanting to watch it again, and I wasn't even high then.
I sound daring to say this is innovative. I guess some of the activists in the movie really got to me, esp the guy who opened the first dispensary primarily for AIDS patients and when he talked about his place getting raided, he referenced Stonewall, saying to the state police, "Don't you realize - these people are going to fight back?!" Pulled at my little gay stoned lung pipes.
But there's hard-hitting stuff for everyone - who doesn't love a blunt paraplegic or a cute honor student with cancer? And since the film is set against the backdrop of the standup comedy profession, you're treated to snippets throughout that prove why Doug should be the #1 pot comic in this year's High Times. -
MCT:July 1, 2008
It was pretty funny, especially his stand up comedy that is interspersed throughout the movie. Doesn't have a whole lot of direction (which I guess makes sense for a movie about a guy who smokes weed all day for 30 days straight), but it is good for a few laughs.
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MCT:June 27, 2008
Pretty damn funny. Doug Bensons stand up is hilarious. This movie is for a certain group of people... and those people are my people. And we loved this movie.
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MCT:June 24, 2008
Doug Benson gets high on pot for thirty days and tells jokes about it. Before getting high on pot for thirty days, he stays off pot for thirty days and tells jokes about it.
Doug is basically the same guy high or sober.
They throw in some tests to see how pot affects Doug and there is some interesting stuff about California's medical marijuana laws being in conflict with federal government laws.
Outside of that, this movie is basically about a comedian getting high. -
MCT:June 24, 2008
This guy is funny!
The focus was more on the humor than the experiment, but I guess that's the point of the movie.
Respect for Doug Benson by the way; smoking for 30 days from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep. Quite an achievement :) -
MCT:June 21, 2008
Entertaining documentary that's a brainier take on the subject of drugs in today's society. Pretty funny, too.
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MCT:June 19, 2008
In what's basically a take off on Super Size Me comedian Doug Benson (who's already an avid pot smoker) decides to stay "baked" for thirty straight days to see how it affects the mind and body. This is after going thirty days without.
Super High Me gets some laughs from Benson's stand up and briefly touches on California's medical marijuana laws but doesn't offer much else. Benson is the same person high and not so there's no contrasts to keep things interesting. Still, this is a watchable, if generally pointless, documentary. -
MCT:June 13, 2008
Take Super Size Me, replace McDonalds with pot and the enjoyable Morgan Spurlock, with a crappy comedian and you get Super High Me. I love documentaries but this one, well not so much.
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MCT:June 10, 2008
An okay pot documentary with a funny premise that sadly didn't turn out to be that funny. Stand-up comedian Doug Benson goes 30 days with no weed and then goes 30 while doing nothing but smoking weed all day, every day. And of course he has a bunch of tests done to prove it doesn't make you crazy and is great for medical purposes etc. I just thought the movie would've been a little funnier. I know it's a documentary, but the guy is a stand-up comedian so I guess I was just expecting a little more. Not the best movie to watch while baked and doesn't really tell us anything new about pot and why it should be de-criminalized. Go rent the Woody Harrelson narrated Grass instead.
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MCT:May 22, 2008
How can you not like this film? Is something wrong with you? No, really, did you watch this movie and think wow suck? If you did I'll i'll kick your ass.
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