Strange this was released during the Reagan era (1981-1989). But I digress, "Nice Dreams" explores the fundamentals of counterculture, as it is plotted very tightly as the previous installments "Up In Smoke", but not as continual as "Still Smokin" and "Next Movie". "Nice Dreams" has a familiar story that is like a trend in the Cheech and Chong franchise. The slackers receive a huge fortune selling their dope and with the sudden twist, they eventually lose it all. Along their journey, they confront bizarre situations and people which include a pot-smoking Pee-Wee Herman, Sandra Bernhard and Dr. Timothy Leary.
Not every gag is delivered coherently. But the awkward dope jokes don't come to the point that will make you cringe or purposefully just show up without warning. Sure Tommy Chong is no Martin Scorsese, but he does enlighten us with scenes that are fresh and risk-taking in attempt and effort. Such memorable scenes include a nude Cheech clinging onto an elevator exterior, Cheech swimming in pool of marijuana joints, and Stacey Keach slowly transforming into a lizard was taken to an artistic intention that was impressive.
The plot and the structure were simple in premise, but what carries "Nice Dreams" are the dopeheads meandering casually through a cannabis farm. They chime and chat about random mindless bunk while the wonderful sounds of country-rock is heard in the apropos background. Unlike the other Cheech and Chong movies where drugs and dope are ugly this one marvels at the serenity of marijuana fields, in spite of the clichéd setting of the movie in the rural area of Southern California. Though I was a very young boy in 1981, but there were a lot of growing concerns at the time, here we see a duo of slackers who felt to just live the life, oblivious to what was happening at the time.
Not every gag is delivered coherently. But the awkward dope jokes don't come to the point that will make you cringe or purposefully just show up without warning. Sure Tommy Chong is no Martin Scorsese, but he does enlighten us with scenes that are fresh and risk-taking in attempt and effort. Such memorable scenes include a nude Cheech clinging onto an elevator exterior, Cheech swimming in pool of marijuana joints, and Stacey Keach slowly transforming into a lizard was taken to an artistic intention that was impressive.
The plot and the structure were simple in premise, but what carries "Nice Dreams" are the dopeheads meandering casually through a cannabis farm. They chime and chat about random mindless bunk while the wonderful sounds of country-rock is heard in the apropos background. Unlike the other Cheech and Chong movies where drugs and dope are ugly this one marvels at the serenity of marijuana fields, in spite of the clichéd setting of the movie in the rural area of Southern California. Though I was a very young boy in 1981, but there were a lot of growing concerns at the time, here we see a duo of slackers who felt to just live the life, oblivious to what was happening at the time.