Colicchio Prods.
NEW YORK -- One would have assumed, considering the High Times magazine pedigree and the presence of Tommy Chong in a cameo role, that this debut effort from director Alison Thompson would be a rollicking, Cheech & Chong-style comedy celebrating the joys of cannabis. But no, "High Times' Potluck" is instead a semiserious Mafia movie, albeit one in which its chief character, a droopy-eyed mob soldier, discovers the joys of getting high and dating an East Village punk rocker.
Said mafioso, Frank, is played by actor Frank Adonis, whose face may be familiar thanks to his brief roles in a trio of, yes, Martin Scorsese films. Actually, many of the faces on display here are familiar. Among those making appearances are British actor Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot"), Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years"), Sylvia Miles, Frank Gorshin and Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). (In the time since this picture was completed, of course, both Mewes and Chong have run into drug-related legal trouble.)
The often incoherent screenplay, written by Victor Colicchio (co-writer of Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"), has to do with a suitcase full of weed that becomes up for grabs after it's stolen from a murdered downtown artist (Isaacs). Pursuing the stash is recent widower Frank, who in the course of his quest improbably becomes enamored of a gutsy punk rocker, Jade (played by Lunachicks lead singer Theo Kogan). During the course of his adventures, Frank must also contend with the reappearance of his gay son. The reunion mistakenly leads Frank's mob colleagues to think that he is gay, in one of the film's unsuccessful attempts at farcical humor.
Considering that marijuana is on such an upsurge that even Cheech & Chong are considering a comeback, the filmmakers here have wasted a major opportunity to provide what the movie's ads would have you believe "Potluck" is: a wacky, pro-stoner farce. What were they smoking?...
NEW YORK -- One would have assumed, considering the High Times magazine pedigree and the presence of Tommy Chong in a cameo role, that this debut effort from director Alison Thompson would be a rollicking, Cheech & Chong-style comedy celebrating the joys of cannabis. But no, "High Times' Potluck" is instead a semiserious Mafia movie, albeit one in which its chief character, a droopy-eyed mob soldier, discovers the joys of getting high and dating an East Village punk rocker.
Said mafioso, Frank, is played by actor Frank Adonis, whose face may be familiar thanks to his brief roles in a trio of, yes, Martin Scorsese films. Actually, many of the faces on display here are familiar. Among those making appearances are British actor Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot"), Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years"), Sylvia Miles, Frank Gorshin and Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). (In the time since this picture was completed, of course, both Mewes and Chong have run into drug-related legal trouble.)
The often incoherent screenplay, written by Victor Colicchio (co-writer of Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"), has to do with a suitcase full of weed that becomes up for grabs after it's stolen from a murdered downtown artist (Isaacs). Pursuing the stash is recent widower Frank, who in the course of his quest improbably becomes enamored of a gutsy punk rocker, Jade (played by Lunachicks lead singer Theo Kogan). During the course of his adventures, Frank must also contend with the reappearance of his gay son. The reunion mistakenly leads Frank's mob colleagues to think that he is gay, in one of the film's unsuccessful attempts at farcical humor.
Considering that marijuana is on such an upsurge that even Cheech & Chong are considering a comeback, the filmmakers here have wasted a major opportunity to provide what the movie's ads would have you believe "Potluck" is: a wacky, pro-stoner farce. What were they smoking?...
Colicchio Prods.
NEW YORK -- One would have assumed, considering the High Times magazine pedigree and the presence of Tommy Chong in a cameo role, that this debut effort from director Alison Thompson would be a rollicking, Cheech & Chong-style comedy celebrating the joys of cannabis. But no, "High Times' Potluck" is instead a semiserious Mafia movie, albeit one in which its chief character, a droopy-eyed mob soldier, discovers the joys of getting high and dating an East Village punk rocker.
Said mafioso, Frank, is played by actor Frank Adonis, whose face may be familiar thanks to his brief roles in a trio of, yes, Martin Scorsese films. Actually, many of the faces on display here are familiar. Among those making appearances are British actor Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot"), Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years"), Sylvia Miles, Frank Gorshin and Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). (In the time since this picture was completed, of course, both Mewes and Chong have run into drug-related legal trouble.)
The often incoherent screenplay, written by Victor Colicchio (co-writer of Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"), has to do with a suitcase full of weed that becomes up for grabs after it's stolen from a murdered downtown artist (Isaacs). Pursuing the stash is recent widower Frank, who in the course of his quest improbably becomes enamored of a gutsy punk rocker, Jade (played by Lunachicks lead singer Theo Kogan). During the course of his adventures, Frank must also contend with the reappearance of his gay son. The reunion mistakenly leads Frank's mob colleagues to think that he is gay, in one of the film's unsuccessful attempts at farcical humor.
Considering that marijuana is on such an upsurge that even Cheech & Chong are considering a comeback, the filmmakers here have wasted a major opportunity to provide what the movie's ads would have you believe "Potluck" is: a wacky, pro-stoner farce. What were they smoking?...
NEW YORK -- One would have assumed, considering the High Times magazine pedigree and the presence of Tommy Chong in a cameo role, that this debut effort from director Alison Thompson would be a rollicking, Cheech & Chong-style comedy celebrating the joys of cannabis. But no, "High Times' Potluck" is instead a semiserious Mafia movie, albeit one in which its chief character, a droopy-eyed mob soldier, discovers the joys of getting high and dating an East Village punk rocker.
Said mafioso, Frank, is played by actor Frank Adonis, whose face may be familiar thanks to his brief roles in a trio of, yes, Martin Scorsese films. Actually, many of the faces on display here are familiar. Among those making appearances are British actor Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot"), Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years"), Sylvia Miles, Frank Gorshin and Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). (In the time since this picture was completed, of course, both Mewes and Chong have run into drug-related legal trouble.)
The often incoherent screenplay, written by Victor Colicchio (co-writer of Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam"), has to do with a suitcase full of weed that becomes up for grabs after it's stolen from a murdered downtown artist (Isaacs). Pursuing the stash is recent widower Frank, who in the course of his quest improbably becomes enamored of a gutsy punk rocker, Jade (played by Lunachicks lead singer Theo Kogan). During the course of his adventures, Frank must also contend with the reappearance of his gay son. The reunion mistakenly leads Frank's mob colleagues to think that he is gay, in one of the film's unsuccessful attempts at farcical humor.
Considering that marijuana is on such an upsurge that even Cheech & Chong are considering a comeback, the filmmakers here have wasted a major opportunity to provide what the movie's ads would have you believe "Potluck" is: a wacky, pro-stoner farce. What were they smoking?...
- 12/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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