Reefer Madness centers on a high school couple from the 1930's and their fall into madness due to the horrors of...reefer. That was the original exploitation film from the 1930's that this film makes fun of at every available opportunity. From memorable numbers like "Listen to Jesus Jimmy" the film shows how hysteria can be manipulated to serve a purpose, in this case the demonizing of marijuana.
Kristen bell is hilarious and adorable in one of her first big roles before Forgetting Sarah Marshal. The rest of the cast is a mix of the original Broadway cast and character actors. Being a Showtime funded movie, it came out really well, with the use of sets and not trying too hard to turn a stage musical into a multidimensional movie.
Definitely a great movie to watch...inebriated, but also very funny to watch if you want just a light fluffy musical comedy. The songs and themes are so over the top and ridiculous that it is hard to not laugh through the whole film.
One of my favorite lines is when the two love interests are talking about Romeo and Juliet, having not read it, and referring to it with a pause after Romeo. Such that it sounds like: Romeo...AND Juliet. Clearly you have to see it to understand.
8/10
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