Bad Batch (2010)

Bad Batch: Directed by Abe Schwartz. With James Roch, Lionel Sam, Abe Schwartz, Travis Shettel. A mix of ultra-realistic vérité and stoner comedy, ‘Bad Batch’ follows an unlikely group of college students who gorge themselves on possibly the strongest pot brownies known to man one night.

“This seemed like a first attempt to make a movie similar to Kevin Smithu0026#39;s u0026quot;Clerksu0026quot; (which was a really good movie!) This is an example of having a good movie idea then executing it poorly. I can kind of see where the director was wanting to go with this but it was very boring to watch. I thought that the actoru0026#39;s performances were good but the story just wasnu0026#39;t funny. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe synopsis on IMDb states that this movie is u0026quot;a mix of ultra-realistic vérité and stoner comedy.u0026quot; None of it was realistic and stating that its vérité is misleading. This movie was u0026quot;realu0026quot; in the sense that it covered some real-life situations but it made me feel like I was in a waiting room watching a looped public-service announcement. I didnu0026#39;t even get a chuckle out of anything anyone said or did. Calling it a comedy was a bad choice of words. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStoner movies are usually off-the-wall and goofy because face it, most people like watching these movies while theyu0026#39;re high. I canu0026#39;t even recommend it for that quality. There was nothing enjoyable in it at all and when I thought it might start getting funny the movie ended. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI hate writing negative reviews but when I saw the rating of 7.8 I had to say something.”