
A colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja-smoking church, and the longest serving marijuana prisoner in American history.... (Full plot summary below)
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A colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja-smoking church, and the longest serving marijuana prisoner in American history.
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| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIf "Cocaine Cowboys" was an epic, ironic yarn of murder and madness and the building of a boomtown built largely on drug money, Square Groupers is a more rueful tale. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezCorben has done an impressive amount of journalistic research that will be of particular interest to South Florida audiences. Every time you think Miami couldn't possibly get any weirder, it does. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenA documentary about ordinary-looking people who made a lot of money selling marijuana who then spent a lot of years in prison for selling a product people wanted to buy for a price they were willing to pay for it. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe title refers to bales of pot that anyone could pick up for free after the smugglers toss it from a boat or plane when pursued by the law. |
| PopMattersSarah BoslaughThe director's touch is evident in the way he chose just the right backgrounds and costumes for each character; the DEA agents wear blue suits in a bland outdoor setting while Platshorn wears a Hawaiian shirt ... |
| Village VoiceMark HolcombSquare Grouper's admirably backhanded inquiry into the social and economic costs of weed criminalization extends far beyond the wake-and-bake crowd. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoRelying heavily on old network newscasts, Corben introduces a collection of colorful characters who just want to get stoned. |
| Time OutSam AdamsIf violence ever comes into the picture-and considering the illegal millions made from trafficking, it strains credulity to imply it doesn't-we don't hear about it, as Corben wants to paint the subjects as drug-war martyrs. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonThink of it as the cinematic equivalent of a buzz-kill. |
| The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe film mixes period footage with visually unappealing contemporary interviews. If you're expecting voluble, outsize personalities with colorful war stories, you'll be disappointed. |