
A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane.... (Full plot summary below)
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A match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry when Lyle can't decide which matters most, Nina or Mary Jane.
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| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirI’m saying that King has fearlessly forged into unexplored territory — that being the African-American stoner comedy, with an adult audience in view – and the results are profoundly hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, often brilliant and entirely devoid of political piety. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerDebut writer-director Shaka King dramatizes her characters' descent into disarray with disarming intimacy. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzIt's a special movie. Odd, disjointed and not entirely coherent, but special. |
| Philadelphia InquirerJake BlumgartNewlyweeds is a naturalistic portrait, with a few hallucinatory flourishes, of a very specific relationship in a very specific place. |
| The PlaylistGabe ToroDirector Shaka King has made a film of big laughs and big heart that makes one long for one long green detour without pandering to the pot-hawks who, unrelatedly, also like the lowest-common-denominator appeal of most pot films without realizing they’re being patronized. |
| New York Amsterdam NewsLapacazo SandovalIt's a tragic comedy in which the absurdity of the stoners' bad choices will find your funny bone. You will laugh and shake your head in mock disgust, because addicts are truly funny until they aren't anymore. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThe sights, sounds and sociological quirks of Lyle's and Nina's particular circle of existence are what give Newlyweeds its indie resonance, less a city symphony than an urban alt-fugue. |
| The DissolveAndrew LapinThe movie has a certain dark charm, and often feels like early Spike Lee in its energetic depiction of working-class Bed-Stuy folk. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDespite the hard lessons learned, King seems to have a pretty deep appreciation for Lyle and Nina’s drug of choice — and you’ll probably enjoy the movie a little more if you feel the same. Just think twice if you’re planning to sneak some homemade brownies into the theater when you see it. |
| Slant MagazineKelvin HenelyGoing neither in the direction of Reefer Madness nor a Cheech and Chong movie, it's both funny and serious, and its depictions of pot-smoking could be read as either promotional or cautionary. |