Weeds

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Weeds

R,

1987,

1h 55m,

Drama

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250+ Ratings

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55%

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250+ Ratings

After his many suicide attempts are thwarted, San Quentin lifer Lee Umstetter (Nick Nolte) finds his personal redemption when a traveling theater group stages a performance at the prison. Motivated to write and direct his own play with his fellow prisoners, Lee is discovered by a sympathetic newspaper critic (Rita Taggart), whose advocacy leads to his release. Forming his own theater troupe with other former inmates, Lee finds that life on the outside isn't as easy as he had expected.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

Weeds tells a story as old as the movies -- the rags-to-riches saga of a troupe of theatrical amateurs who bring their show to Broadway -- but it tells it with such a distinctive style, such a curious mixture of pathos and offhand wit, that it works.

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Michael Bronski

Gay Community News (Boston)

Aug 30, 2022

The trouble with the film is that it cannot decide how seriously to address the realities of prison life and its effects upon the men.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jun 14, 2022

Its so atypical, so idiosyncratic, so abnormal that it's to be respected for its audacity to stand out, and come out with a result completely contrary to what the spectator expected. [Full review in Spanish]

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 15, 2005

B

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Aug 22, 2003

4/5

Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Jul 26, 2002

2/5

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Theodore R

Jan 14, 2017

San Quentin prisoner writes play and gets paroled with help of local film critic before taking his show on the road on the outside with the original prison cast. Decent enough, has the feel of a film the critics will enjoy more than the average audience.

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John D. Hancock

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Nick Nolte

Lee Umstetter

Rita Taggart

Lillian Bingington

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Synopsis

After his many suicide attempts are thwarted, San Quentin lifer Lee Umstetter (Nick Nolte) finds his personal redemption when a traveling theater group stages a performance at the prison. Motivated to write and direct his own play with his fellow prisoners, Lee is discovered by a sympathetic newspaper critic (Rita Taggart), whose advocacy leads to his release. Forming his own theater troupe with other former inmates, Lee finds that life on the outside isn't as easy as he had expected.

Director: John D. Hancock
Producer: Bill Badalato
Screenwriter: Dorothy Tristan, John D. Hancock
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.5M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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