How to Make Money Selling Drugs
A slick, irreverent documentary guide turns the drug trade into a wide-ranging indictment of prohibition and the institutions profiting from the war on drugs.
Overview
Explore the dark world of drug trade and the stark realities behind it.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- irreverent
- confrontational
- political discussion
- documentary night
What critics said
Critics generally found the documentary entertaining, ambitious, and informative in its examination of drug policy, while divided over its glib presentation, heavy voice-over, and limited originality.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film organizes its investigation into ten purported steps for making money selling drugs, using the format to structure interviews and critique.
Interviews and commentary address disparate treatment of black and white dealers within the war on drugs.
The tongue-in-cheek guide format, stylized presentation, and relentless narration frame a serious argument about drug laws and enforcement.
The film examines how asset forfeiture influences law-enforcement strategies and drug-war enforcement.
Films like How to Make Money Selling Drugs, and why
The House I Live In
shared documentary examination of criminal justice, drug policy, and institutional power
Cartel Land
shared investigative treatment of drug trafficking, prohibition, and the social costs of enforcement
13th
shared politically engaged documentary style combining interviews, analysis, and critique of American institutions
Movie Details
- Director
- Matthew Cooke
- Release Date
- 2012-09-07
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (110)
Cast
- Matthew Cooke
- Woody Harrelson
- Susan Sarandon
- Barry Cooper
- Eminem
- 50 Cent
- David Simon
- Arianna Huffington
- 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Fuse+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is How to Make Money Selling Drugs about?
- A slick, irreverent documentary guide turns the drug trade into a wide-ranging indictment of prohibition and the institutions profiting from the war on drugs.
- What is How to Make Money Selling Drugs like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of How to Make Money Selling Drugs as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is How to Make Money Selling Drugs violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in How to Make Money Selling Drugs as graphic.
- What did critics think of How to Make Money Selling Drugs?
- Critics generally found the documentary entertaining, ambitious, and informative in its examination of drug policy, while divided over its glib presentation, heavy voice-over, and limited originality.
- Which films are like How to Make Money Selling Drugs?
- Films with a similar feel include The House I Live In, Cartel Land, and 13th.
- How long is How to Make Money Selling Drugs?
- How to Make Money Selling Drugs runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch How to Make Money Selling Drugs?
- In United States, How to Make Money Selling Drugs streams on Fuse+ Amazon Channel.
