Get the Weed (Denny Brechner, Alfonso Guerrero, Marcos Hecht, 2018): Uruguay

Review by Breana Jimenez Viewed at The Santa Barbara Film Festival, 2018.

Dear Obama,
Unbeknownst to you, you play a very special role in getting weed to Uruguay… at least in this film Get the Weed. This hilarious mockumentary has you questioning at times if this is real or fiction.
It is such an unbelievable tail of a mother and son setting out to the US to obtain some weed to bring back to Uruguay. The reason why the lines seem so blurred between reality and fiction is for several reasons.
1. They are a real mother and son duo (showing the real chemistry)
2. They really went to dispensaries and most of the people in this film are real (and possibly unaware they were going to be in a film).
3. The real President of Uruguay is in it
4. The real President of the United States i.e you is in it.
5. Uruguay really did legalize weed and then had a shortage of it. This was a real problem.
They brilliantly took real footage and voice recordings and manipulated the content to fit the film.The mix of documentary and a spy film style is funny, especially when the spies are mother and son and just winging it.  The writing and jokes are so witty and funny. Seemingly not trying too hard, this is a must watch for anyone trying to genuinely laugh.
Sincerely,
Jose Mujica

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