Humboldt County

This movie was great.I have had a similar expericance after coming up to Humboldt for school as Peter did, and I could definitely see this actually happening in real life, if it hasn’t already.... Full review

One critic says "not a moment rings true," but he cannot say that unless he's been to Humboldt. Growing up in Humboldt, I know that there are people like this in Humboldt. I know many of them. We're not all pot... Full review

Saw this at the Idaho International Film Festival in Boise last night. Your standard fish-out-of-water-among-the-druggies movie; pretty predictable from the beginning. However, the characters were great and the setting beautiful. Seemed pretty obvious from the get-to that a) they'd get busted... Full review

This was a surprisingly good movie - You should see it on a big screen. The filmmakers revealed as many shades of people as the landscape revealed shades of green. It is a slow- form character development movie about the transition... Full review

If you liked Garden State, you probably will enjoy Humboldt County. Same basic consept, emotionally dead young man, leaves his home under odd circumstances, finds girl, meets people unlike himself, and wakes up his fun side. GOOD FLICK.... Full review

I had the privilege of seeing this movie at SXSW in Austin. The theater couldn't have expected the incredible turnout. They had to open a second theater and still turn away many more people. We were there an hour early and... Full review

This film offered some fascinating character studies. The movie was beautifully shot. I thought the movie held up well for the first three quarters, but some plot turns in the last quarter struck me as being cheats. Nonetheless, the movie delicately... Full review

I went into this movie not knowing much about it. I actually chose to go into it that way. My friend Guff knows Darren and Danny from high school and Guff is pretty cool so by association, I assumed they were... Full review

A few friends and I caught the premiere of Humboldt County at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin last night. Quick summary: If you get a chance, go see this movie. Prior to seeing it, there was some debate... Full review

I saw Humboldt County at South By Southwest, and I love it! It was well written, beautifully shot, and had an outstanding cast. I've never been to northern California, but after seeing this film, I really want to visit. This is... Full review

Darren: "Humboldt County" won the audience award for best feature at the Idaho International Film Festival this year. We're both actors, so acting work provides the bulk of our income, but we've been everything from restaurant hosts (they wouldn't let us wait tables because we didn't have enough experience - L.A. is a tough town) to poetry readers and even SAT tutors. ... Full Review

These include Frances Conroy and '70s character actor Brad Dourif, whose bare hindquarters I did not need to see. The entire script, which boils down to a hopelessly embarrassing lesson about "this beautiful place that can make people live again," seems to have been written within arm's reach of a bong. ... Full Review

The directors hope to let the picture grow on the viewer, slowly wearing down the contrasting attitudes between Peter and the farmers, showing the frightened city creature the ways of the weed to help him loosen up and appreciate his new surroundings. ... Full Review

Humboldt County" has an impressive cast and captures some of that era's fuzzy rebelliousness and humanism, but taken on its own the picture is finally thin stuff. The main problem is Peter: He seems like a one-dimensional sourpuss whose mellowing-out is all too predictable. ... Full Review

Humboldt County" has an impressive cast and captures some of that era's fuzzy rebelliousness and humanism....also admires the way these eccentric characters are walking the walk..... ... Full Review

From his early days with the Pickle Family Circus, working with great local clowns such as Larry Pisoni and Geoff Hoyle, to his tours with the Cirque du Soleil shows "Quidam," "Dralion" and "Varekai," John Gilkey says the best way... ... Full Article

Two things to know about Blue Lake, a Humboldt County burg of maybe 1,500 people: You keep running into the same people on your rambles, soon exchanging small talk and feeling practically like a local within hours. ... Full Article

San Francisco writer Cordelia Brown knew she was gambling with death when she stopped taking her epilepsy medications two years ago. But she told her mother she had no choice. ... Full Article

Northern California artist Carol Setterlund, who was born in Humboldt County and now lives near Healdsburg, has earned a solid reputation for her enigmatic wood sculptures of totemic figures. ... Full Article

A sickly spouse can make for an epic weekend of DVD watching, at least in our house. I think we plowed through eight movies in all, some I'd some, some I wanted to re-view with a more critical eye and... ... Full Article

The 17th annual St.Louis International Film Festival does not officially begin until Nov. 13, when the Tivoli hosts "Humboldt County" (a '70s-style dope-farming dramedy by former St. ... Full Article