StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Hayden Kane
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Jonah Abbott
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Shawn Dixon
The preview for this movie was far superior to the actual movie. I am a huge fan of Russell Peters and Faizon Love but after 20 minutes of "Ripped", I was ready to for the movie to end.As expected, the film spews dribble in the form of malicious stereotypes (i.e. potheads are dumb, have no real ambition, and so on). The film doesn't just push stereotypes on the audience, it obnoxiously smothers them with it.This movie felt like a first draft submitted by a middle school paint- huffer that just discovered weed and the movie: Friday. The best thing about this movie is probably the soundtrack.There isn't enough weed available to forget this tragedy.
Michael Ledo
Harris (Russell Peters/Vandit Bhatt) and his side kick Reeves (Faizon Love/Kyle Massey) score some super CIA grown alien Area 51 pot on their way to a concert. They wake up 30 years later, hence the pun title...and their van still worked...tires fully inflated...now that was unbelievable. We do the initial shock and adjusting to a new time period routine that should have been funny, but wasn't. Harris drops in on his old girlfriend (Alex Meneses) and has an idea to open a chili-pot restaurant.The film was light on drama and even lighter on comedy. It was a good idea that was squandered. Needed better actors and dialogue.Guide: F-word. Implied sex. No nudity.
peruhealing
Utterly not worth watching. Peters was a bright comic and I thought I could expect some jokes from him, but he did not deliver. Most of the "comedy" is dumb and not funny. Watched about 20 minutes of the film, none of it was memorable. The script and the acting is painfully weak. Could have been a decent film if Peters said something funny once in a while. Alas, I do not remember a single intelligent and genuinely humorous line. Very weak film.
Mikelikesnotlikes
I watched this movie out of curiosity regarding changes in American pot culture. The weird story-line was enough to make me hit the play button but it never really delivered.There were a few junctions where the story might have benefited if the other path had been pursued. But then we'd all cry 'copy-cat' if the bank account had compounded spectacularly or if the father had stolen their idea and founded Starbucks. There were several obvious diversionary points which, to me, felt like the script was being developed on the fly.It is juvenile funny in places, but the budget was low, the direction was clichéd, and the script was mediocre.RIPPED will fill a few hours for an ex-smoker having a nostalgic break.