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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary A shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease, How to Make Money Selling Drugs is an insider's guide to the violent but extremely lucrative drug industry. Told from the perspective of former drug dealers, and featuring interviews with rights advocates Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, an...

Directed By: Matthew Cooke

Written By: Grant Jolly, Matthew Cooke

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 106 User Ratings
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Summary A shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease, How to Make Money Selling Drugs is an insider's guide to the violent but extremely lucrative drug industry. Told from the perspective of former drug dealers, and featuring interviews with rights advocates Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, an...

Directed By: Matthew Cooke

Written By: Grant Jolly, Matthew Cooke

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
69
78% Positive
14 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
69
78% Positive
14 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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90
Jun 25, 2013
It's a smart, funny, tough-minded film crammed with data and personal anecdotes, each illuminating the other, each sketching in the staggering costs—and not just financial—of the ways authorities in this country have shaped the drug issue. It's far from glib.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 17, 2013
The result is entertaining and insightful, balancing cold statistics with real-life stories of success and tragedy, presenting a broad, clear-eyed view of an increasingly complex issue.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 27, 2013
As the filmmaker unfurls the harsh, essential facts, both past and present, about America's complex relationship with drugs — along with tobacco and alcohol's longtime place in the equation — the movie gains serious power and momentum.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 24, 2013
The film employs a flashy text-and-graphics aesthetic that immediately brings to mind the satirical undercurrent of a Grand Theft Auto video game.
By Rob Humanick FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 29, 2013
The biggest failing of this mostly enjoyable documentary is that it works like a Michael Moore film. It probably won't convince those outside the circle, it will only serve to push them further away.
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60
Dec 28, 2013
Various colourful characters including Freeway Rick Ross, the man who invented crack, and ex-cop Barry Cooper explain the tricks of the trade, but none of it will be news to anyone who's watched "Breaking Bad" or "The Wire."
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25
Jun 26, 2013
While it won't win any Oscars, Matthew Cooke's new documentary How To Make Money Selling Drugs may take the prize for being the shallowest and most glib film of the year.
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Generally Favorable Based on 106 User Ratings
8.0
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84 Ratings
5% Mixed
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16% Negative
17 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 106 User Ratings
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16% Negative
17 Ratings

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Production Company Bert Marcus Productions
Release Date Jun 26, 2013
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/howtomakemoneysellingdrugs
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Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Champs-Élysées Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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