Growing Op (2008)
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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The home-schooled son of loving, marijuana-growing hippies discovers the twisted values of the suburban status quo in this comedy featuring Rosanna Arquette and Rachel Blanchard. Quinn Dawson (Staven Yaffee) may be your average teenager, though his parents are far from your typical, white-picket fence homemakers. They've recently relocated to the suburbs, where sheltered Quinn meets the girl of his dreams. Trouble is, the object of Quinn's obsession has enrolled in the local high school, where
Oct 31, 2008 Wide
May 4, 2010
Mongrel Media
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Cast
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Steven Yaffee
Quinn -
Rachel Blanchard
Crystal -
Wallace Langham
Bryce -
Rosanna Arquette
Diana -
Katie Boland
Hope -
Jon Cor
Philip -
Hugh Thompson
Bowman -
Daniel MacIvor
Dr. Charles -
Alberta Watson
Marilla -
Bill Carr
Mr. Slack
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All Critics (3) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (3)
Growing Op strains hard to deliver edgy humour with a dollop of heart but is too stilted and derivative to carry it off.
Top CriticA typically quirky Canadian comedy...
Growing Op has bad writing -- predictable and one-dimensional -- but after about 90 minutes, the story starts taking surprise turns that don't make a lot of sense.
Audience Reviews for Growing Op
Super Reviewer
An intriguing twist on the pothead genre - Quinn (Steven Yaffee) is a sober, caring, inquisitive child who longs for a normal, suburban existence. The catch, is that his family runs a marijuana operation in their household.
This is a very fresh take on the traditional coming-of-age story. The film does eventually take a twist, but the end result is still an incredibly high quality tale about family and independence. There are multiple story threads and moral occurring simultaneously; which are all wrapped up nicely by the end. I simply loved the last 10 minutes! I cannot say enough nice things about the script.
I must mention Wallace Langham's performance as the anti-establishment father to Quinn, which was one of the most entertaining and likable aspects of the film.
Super Reviewer
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- Bryce: Oh, so you're selling conformity, along with toxic sugar treats. Well, did you know that Wood Sprites can trace back their insidious origins back to Lord Baden Powell, who was not only a neo-Fascist, but was also an infamous advocate of apartheid?
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Also, the ending is quite interesting. I would have been happy with the film half way through but the last 25 minutes made it even better. Very good for a low-budget film.
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Overall: 8.8/10