I just watched the movie two days ago and I found it to be good, 7/10. But I had to go to an independant shop downtown to rent it because major chains won't normally carry this kind of movie. Not for discriminatory reasons, maybe, but because major chains don't seem to carry many docs. The shop downtown specializes in both obscure and mainstream stuff; everything from the 'Secret' (yuck) to the entire James Bond collection. The docs' neutrality is the main reason that it hasn't gotten much attention. If it were more aggressive it would be labelled leftist propaganda by some and highly informative by others. But the movie doesn't commit to the overall message that marijuana should be legalized or that gay marriage is acceptable, it merely hints that these changes made the country a little more free. It allows the individuals who are interviewed to say it for them when they talk about getting life sentences for pot in Florida and such. The narrative never makes a blatant statement to get people fired up on the issues themselves, this isn't a Moore doc after all. This doc may be another in a long line of them that will help change things so that crazies like Ann Coulter can't actually go on national television and spout hate speech about invading Canada, a sovereign nation, just for legalizing pot and gay marriage. I mean, how dare we defy American law, just more imperialistic traits of a country convinced, mostly in extreme circles, that it is infallible due to its power. No, Canada is a free country and the sooner our castrated politicians learn to ignore threats and economic agendas from extremist *beep* in America, the sooner we free people can live with out hiding from blatant discrimination and intended oppression.
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