Growing Op

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In an average American neighborhood, a family of four breaks all conformity making it difficult for their 18 year old son to fit in to society.In an average American neighborhood, a family of four breaks all conformity making it difficult for their 18 year old son to fit in to society.In an average American neighborhood, a family of four breaks all conformity making it difficult for their 18 year old son to fit in to society.

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6.1/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Most of the Marijuana Plants inside the house are fake. They came in large boxes, all completely disassembled. The crew did not have enough time to put them all together, so one of the crew members took the pieces to a retirement home where the seniors happily spent the time putting together the plants.

Goofs
At 56 minutes in Crystal's mom puts down a bowl that was supposed to be empty, as she reaches for another one it is clear the previous one was still full of dessert.

Quotes
Bryce Dawson: Well, you look like big girls! Can't you read my sign?
[Referring to the one on the front door]
Sprite #1: 'Welcome.'
Bryce Dawson: Well, thanks! But we're not interested.
Sprite #1: But everyone else on the street is buying them! It's for a good cause.
Bryce Dawson: Oh, so you're selling conformity, along with toxic sugar treats. Well, did you know that Wood Sprites can trace back their insidious origins back to Lord Baden Powell, who was not only a neo-Fascist, but was also an infamous advocate of apartheid?
Sprite #1: [Befuddled] What?
Bryce Dawson: [Waving cynically at the mother] Yeah, ask your mom. And tell her you just have to peddle your little boxes of bigotry... elsewhere. Nighty night!
Sprite #1: [Turns away crying] Mom, what's apartheid?

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10/10

An intelligent comedy that rocks!

Quinn, (Steven Yaffe), a home educated teenager growing up in a family with counter culture parents who run a suburban grow-up wants to lead a normal life. He enrolls in a local high school in order to pursue the girl next door. His attempts to win the girl of his dreams run afoul the school president who sets the high school bullies on him. After enduring humiliation Quinn manages to turn the tables on his tormentors and beat the system at the same time. The funniest high school comedy since "Rock and Roll High School" Neatly reverses the usual stoner formula. Highly sympathetic and nuanced performance from Rosanna Arquette as the mother. "Growing Op" appeals to both the sixties generation and today's teen agers. Both groups see themselves in this movie. High energy, strong music score, MTV style editing and polished script and direction drive this picture along. Not to be missed.