Growing Op is funnier now that Canada has legalized marijuana coast to coast to coast. The movie plays on the idea of a regular family being normal except for the fact that the family grows and sells marijuana.
Quinn (Steven Yaffee) is one of 2 children in the house along with his sister Hope (Katie Boland). After being home schooled for all of his education, Quinn decides he wants to go to public school. Quinn then falls in love with Crystal (Rachel Blanchard).
This feels like a lot of terrible American films at this point. I promise you Growing Op is a very different film without divulging secrets.
The film does a really nice job at treating the parents as real human beings: American actors Wallace Langham and Rosanna Arquette as parents to Quinn and Hope as well as Alberta Watson and Daniel MacIvor as Crystal's parents.
Quinn has trouble fitting in with his peers unless the subject is the quality of marijuana. A reminder that in the illegal days, you didn't always know what you were getting.
Michael Melski has created a sweet and pleasant film about family and fitting in within other worlds. The 2008 film doesn't follow conventional paths, treating its audience like mature people. You can definitely classify Growing Op as a quirky Canadian film, a comedy on its own level.
The acting is top notch as they understand the rhythms within the script and do a wonderful job bringing that to the audience.
This is also a reminder of the films that Rosanna Arquette did while being blacklisted from major Hollywood productions thanks to Harvey Weinstein. #metoo
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Growing Op can be found on Tubi in the United States.
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