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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.
Newlyweeds
2013 Directed by Shaka King
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Can’t find it not spending ages trying to so if anyone knows a site give it me please
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This film was just so uninteresting, I really only watched it for Shaka King as Judas and the black messiah is coming out really soon, but hopefully that ones better than this.
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Xanax & Strippers: The Todd Gaines Movie Challenge #10 - Strong Ganja
Lyle (Amari Cheatom) and Nina (Trae Harris) are two potheads in love. He works a shitty job as a repo man for a rent-to-own business, she does student tours at a local museum. Together they get high and dream of traveling to the Galapagos islands. She dreams because she's traveled to India and longs for the freedom travel affords the soul; he dreams because it makes her happy. Their relationship is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
Eventually, after Nina invites a male co-worker home to smoke out, she begins to see that for Lyle getting high is about more than zoning out recreationally. He flips out when he…
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Cannabis addiction really exists. Any pot user -- casual or heavy -- who begs to differ is flat-out lying. Such an addiction manifests many different behaviors, running the gamut from the stoned bliss of Up in Smoke to the crazed psychosis (OK, not really) of Reefer Madness. In any case, weed can function as a gateway drug that can unlock alternate selves. Newlyweeds' well-rounded Nina (Trae Harris, breaking out) describes coming back from a long trip to India as tapping her "Indian self" because she assimilated into the country's culture.
Director Shaka King's remarkable feature-length debut traces a nightmare users sometimes ponder: that a combination of pot and character flaws can bring about an all-encompassing demise. As a result, the…
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Following my love for Judas and the Black Messiah, I had to check out Shaka King's feature debut. While this isn't something spectacular, it's funny and well made at times, a low budget comedy that doesn't look cheaply made.
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Shaka King is getting a lot of attention right now for his upcoming Oscar front runner film JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, his first feature film in eight years. His directorial debut, NEWLYWEEDS can be very slow despite its only 80 minute runtime (especially in the end), but the dynamic between the two leads is very strong and King's direction is great for his debut film. There's a great vibe to this film which fits perfectly for the story of weed and drugs hurting a relationship. With the praise JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH is getting, it seems that King has grown a lot since 2013.
Also, when I added this to my All Time Rankings, I put it at #420 which I swear wasn't on purpose but made me laugh so hard when I noticed. An insane coincidence that almost makes me not want to watch anymore movies ever again just so that won't change.
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A very special film with a personality, sense of humor, and approach to character all its own.
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No other film has made me laugh this hard... Then get completely torn up by the end. It's like the best depiction of so many things cause it feels like a story you overhear. It feels like this crazy thing that someone watched happened and now has to keep talking about it just to make sure it's real. It's a stoner film... And it's a stoner LOVE story. Damn please watch it!! (Double feature with the graduate might be cool)
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With Judas & The Black Messiah releasing this weekend, I wanted to visit Shaka King's debut feature.
King takes a loose but very enthused crack at "slice of life" characters with big ambitions. The dreams of Lyle and Nina are hindered by a shared love of ganja, the former literally cannot function without it in his day to day routine. The comedy is found in the most unusual of circumstances, never exaggerating or drawing too much attention to itself. The very big little lives of NY passerbys matched with the hazy musings of a pot philosopher give this film a rare charm and I definitely enjoyed the vibe it set.
Amari Cheatom and Trae Harris have exquisite chemistry, they ground the…
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Even if Newlyweeds is not wholly successful, it’s a confident directorial debut that stands as much more than a mere audition piece. What it does with tone is especially ambitious, as it switches from funny, almost fun, to tense on the verge of horror with its playful sense of humor transformed into a sharp knife. Grounded leads and dialogue for days help the cause as well.
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