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  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 09/26/2008
  • Running Time: 97 mins
  • Director: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
  • Cast: Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport, Brad Dourif, Chris Messina, Jeremy Strong, Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs, Elayn Taylor
  • Producer: Jason Weiss
  • Writer: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
  • Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
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  1. Michael Jackson's This Is It, 23.2 mil, 34.4 mil
  2. Paranormal Activity, 16.4 mil, 84.6 mil
  3. Law Abiding Citizen, 7.4 mil, 51.5 mil
  4. Couples Retreat, 6.5 mil, 87.0 mil
  5. Where the Wild Things Are, 5.9 mil, 62.7 mil
  6. Saw VI, 5.3 mil, 22.5 mil
  7. Astro Boy, 3.5 mil, 11.3 mil
  8. The Stepfather, 3.2 mil, 24.6 mil
  9. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 3.1 mil, 10.8 mil
  10. Amelia, 3.0 mil, 8.3 mil
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Humboldt County

A storied stretch of land along the Northern California coast, Humboldt County is home to the tallest—and, at 800-plus years, some of the oldest—trees on the face of the earth: the towering coastal redwoods. The region is equally well known for its cash crop of choice, exceptionally high-grade cannabis. A fish-out-of-water story from first-time writer-directors Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky (who display little imagination in either discipline), Humboldt County concerns a drippy medical student who finds himself stranded on a pot farm where—surprise, surprise—he re-examines his life and realizes that he’s been chasing the wrong dream. Jeremy Strong’s minimalist performance in the lead role makes for an unconvincing character arc—he seems almost as ill-at-ease and dispirited by the end of the film as he does at the beginning—and as a stand-in for the audience, he’s pretty much a cipher. Far better are Brad Dourif as the paterfamilias of the clan, Madison Davenport as his precocious granddaughter, and a charismatic Chris Messina (unrecognizable from Vicky Cristina Barcelona) as his volatile son. All three turn in fine performances. — Jean Oppenheimer