Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he encounters her eccentric family of pot farmers. But when Bogart runs away without a word, Peter is thrust into the picturesque and bizarre world
Though the movie achieves that New Hollywood contact high only in fits and starts, this familial drama still leaves a pleasant buzz.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
1 Oct 2008
fresh:
So much pot is smoked in the agreeable drama Humboldt County that you may come away from it with a contact high.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
3 Oct 2008
rotten:
Possibly it might be of some interest with the right amount of buzz, but then so is a passing cloud.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
An amiably paced, character-driven comedy-drama about a disenchanted student who finds himself among the unreconstructed hippies and second-generation fringe dwellers who farm marijuana in the Lost Coast region of Northern California.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Be prepared: Humboldt County is a slow starter. But what appears to be the cliched uptight nerd liberated by flighty sprite tale evolves into something deeper, darker, more resonant.