Keep Off the Grass (1970)
** (out of 4)
Yet another "warning" film from producer Sid Davis who was certainly the king of these type of movies. This one here has a mother vacuuming her son's room when she finds a couple joints. She gives them to her husband who then discusses weed with his son. The son then sets out to find the truth on whether or not getting high is good or bad. From here on out we see our "lead actor" going to pot parties and seeing if pot really makes you laugh, act stupid or if it's worse than booze. What I found so funny about this film is how much "cool" slang they use for smoking grass. It's rather embarrassing but then again I'm sure you already know this as you can lump this right up there with REEFER MADNESS in terms of how stupid it is. Once again we get all sorts of false facts telling people what weed can do to you and I can't help but think this thing scared no one in 1970 and it certainly isn't going to today. The performances are all bad and the ultra-cheap look only adds a few laughs. The movie has many "so bad it's funny" moments including the father-son talk, which is downright hilarious at times because of the dubbed dialogue. Even funnier is a later scene at a pot party by a pool and you'll never forget the look on mommy's face when she finds the weed.