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Reefer Madness - The Movie Musical
Director: Andy Fickman
Actors: Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Neve Campbell, Alan Cumming, and Ana Gasteyer
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2005-11-08
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-04-16
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Run Time: 109 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
If the idea of making a musical out of Roger Corman's Z-movie quickie The Little Shop of Horrors sounded weird, stick around for the all-singing, all-dancing Reefer Madness. Deliriously based on the notorious 1936 anti-pot social-guidance film, this is an ultra-campy enterprise that lands somewhere between Rocky Horror and a John Waters comedy. Christian Campbell and the spritzy Kristen Bell play the innocent teens lured into a soul-sapping cloud of marijuana dependence by pencil-mustached pusher Steven Weber and his long-suffering dame, Ana Gasteyer. The cast includes femme fatale Amy Spanger and a cameo by Neve Campbell, who dances her way through one sequence. The musical was written and composed by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, who re-create some of the kookiest scenes from the original movie ("Faster! Faster!"). Their funniest idea is to frame the sordid saga with a black-and-white story of a government agent showing a public-service film to horrified small-town citizens; he's played by the reliably sinister Alan Cumming, who also pops up in a variety of guises in the film-within-the-film. The only problem with this made-for-Showtime version of the stage show is that camp tends to wear thin, especially at 109 minutes, despite the expert song parodies. Even the original hour-long Reefer Madness got old quick. --Robert Horton

2) Description
Based on the propaganda film from 1936 that has become a cult hit, Reefer Madness is the height of camp entertainment! Framed as a "documentary", a straight-laced high school principal (Alan Cumming) seeks to impart his wisdom about the demon weed by telling a frightful tale about the fate of two innocent teens who fall under the spell of the drugs. Filled with outrageously funny and musical performances by Neve Campbell, Christian Campbell, Kristen Bell and Steven Weber, Reefer Madness is the feel good event of the year!

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Kristen Bell in a scene as a dominatrix...what more could you want?!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I don't like musicals. I always thought I'd never find one I'd actually enjoy that'd have actors in it I liked, much less actors with good voices. Well, that's all changed upon my discovery of Reefer Madness The Musical.Being the uber Kristen Bell fan I am, I was still wary of buying this...until I heard a snippet from one of her numbers included. Truth be told, each and every song is fun, catchy, and just all around good. Yes, I'll always say K. Bell's songs are better, but in all honesty they are. She has an amazing voice that I would've never given her credit for and it's displayed wonderfully throughout Reefer Madness. Everyone involved, however, has a good voice. The other lead, Christian Campbell (Neve's brother), has a really great voice, also put to good use with his bountiful amount of songs.The premise of Reefer Madness is widely known. Basically a propaganda film to keep people away from marijuana, the campiness is at an all-time high. However, this time around we see Alan Cumming holding a PTA meeting...the topic? The dastardly new drug, MARIJUANA. His way of communicating the effects of the drug is through a film. This is where we meet Jimmy and Mary. Yadda yadda yadda, things happen, songs are sung, and you're likely saying, "Hm, this is a great movie."All in all, I'll stand by this being the best musical I've seen for a long time to come. I don't have a whole lot else to add, everythings already been said. Enjoy!

2) Love Pot? You'll love this movie!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a movie that belongs in every stoner's collection! It's a musical with some great costume design, choreography, and songs you'll be singing for weeks. I would suggest pausing the movie and taking a smoke break about half way through.. The end is a little over the top.

3) Excellent movie musical   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This musical is full of awesome imagery and catchy songs. Kristen Bell and Christian Campbell are both amazing as good kids gone bad. The Neve Campbell cameo is also better than I imagined it would be. A great satire.

4) Hilarious Musical!!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
To be completely honest, I originally saw this musical only because Christian Campbell was in it. It more than exceeded my expectations; I was in stitches throughout!! The musical numbers are both catchy and witty, and the whole thing is pulled off with such panache that you won't be able to dislike it. Reefer Madness, without question, will be one of the most entertaining and certainly most unique musical comedies you will ever see!

5) One of the few movies I see more than once   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Reefer Madness is one of the few movies in my collection that I watch more than once; funny and catchy every time. And Bell is so cute as Mary even thought she is older than me when she filmed it. Also, could someone tell me the size of your DVD? I bought mine of eBay and the DVD is a single layer 4.17GB disc. It have everything but the video quality suffers from deinterlace artifact.If anyone can confirm their Amazon DVD have very good quality playing on computer, I am going to buy it again. Thanks.