Get the Weed (Denny Brechner, 2018): Uruguay, USA

Reviwed by Hugo Paxlind. Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, 2018.

Denny Brechner plays Alfredo Rodriguez. A man on a mission to import 50 ton of marijuana to Uruguay as marijuana has just been legalized in the country. to do this he creates a fake Uruguayan chamber of legal marijuana.

If you liked Borat you will like this. this movie has a ton of uncomfortable humor. the story itself makes you laugh. Alfredo travels to the US to get weed with his mother and an Uruguayan Police officer and his mother actually happens to be his mother in real life. they even held a speech at the 420 Festival and his mother has never tried marijuana. they even got the Uruguayan president to be in the movie sending him on this mission. most of the  footage of the president is videos from realtime thats been edited to fit in the movie and it sure does just that. I really enjoined the way we are introduced to characters and places in the movie it give a agent feel to the movie. it took some time for me to realize that it is a mocumentary it sort of sneaks up on you which i enjoyed. it is always funnier when it is true. there is one scene where he hooks up with a girl he meets at a party that follows him home and joins him and his mother for breakfast and i can only imagine how weird and funny he’s relationship with his mom is. it has a good chemistry throughout the entire movie and could more than recommend this movie to both adults and teen’s, definitely worth the watch.