Super High Me (2007)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Michael Blieden

Release Date:

20 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Plot:

Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former...

Plot Keywords:

Marc Emery | Spoof Title

Cast

Michael August	...	Himself
Arj Barker	...	Himself
Doug Benson	...	Himself
Alex Campbell	...	Himself
Gary Cohan	...	Himself
Jimmy Dore	...	Himself
Don Duncan	...	Himself
Graham Elwood	...	Himself
Marc Emery	...	Himself
Joe Escalante	...	Himself
Calvin Frye	...	Himself
Zach Galifianakis	...	Himself
Andrew Glazier	...	Himself
Robert Gore	...	Himself
Dana Gould	...	Himself
Rob Huebel	...	Himself
Richard Lee	...	Himself
John Marty	...	Himself
Missy Narrance	...	Herself
Dave Navarro	...	Himself
Bob Odenkirk	...	Himself
David Ono	...	Himself
Patton Oswalt	...	Himself
Darrell Paulsen	...	Himself
Dennis Peron	...	Himself
Brian Posehn	...	Himself
Jeffrey Prang	...	Himself
Greg Proops	...	Himself
Rob Riggle	...	Himself
Ian Roberts	...	Himself
Jeffrey Ross	...	Himself
Craig X. Rubin	...	Himself (as Craig X.)
Lynnette Shaw	...	Herself
Sarah Silverman	...	Herself
Sean Tabibian	...	Himself
Paul F. Tompkins	...	Himself
Jim Underdown	...	Himself
Brian Unger	...	Narrator

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug content and language.

Runtime:

USA:89 min | USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2008) | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Bay Area, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Sixth Way Productions

Trivia:

One of the names listed in the 'Special Thanks to" section of the credits is "Your Mom"

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Super Size Me (2004)

Soundtrack:

Insomnia

I think some of these comments are missing the point, maybe.

While I agree that this is not the most political nor the most medically conclusive of documentaries, it seems to me that this misses the whole point of what the filmmakers were trying to do. There is no need for another "Grass" type documentary -- as that one already exists. Super High Me is a comedy first and a documentary second. And that's OK. More than OK, it might even be better, because it has the potential (since it is funny and entertaining as well as informative) to reach a wider audience and make more people aware of the entire medical marijuana issue, the existence of 'dispensaries' in California and the conflict between state and federal laws.

So is there another more activist documentary to be made about medical marijuana? Sure. But it would probably be boring and no one would really go see it. (Kinda like the fate of "Grass" for example.) This one is fun AND informative. And it will probably do very well and get more people talking about the issues, even more than if it were a "real" documentary.