
Body High
2015

Representation Score
Fair
2017
Director
Alberto Utrera
Runtime
80 minutes
Average Rating
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Smoking Club is a character-driven comedy that finds its progressive edge through thematic rebellion rather than demographic variety. The plot follows a man's existential pivot away from state employment and conventional domesticity to establish a cannabis-centric club. The film succeeds in critiquing established social hierarchies and the rigidity of Western labor structures. It champions individualist autonomy and the rejection of traditional professional stability. However, the narrative lacks multi-layered depth. It does not provide evidence of racial diversity, LGBTQ+ ability to act, or disability representation, making it a narrow study of a specific social subculture.
Category Breakdown
The film centers on a protagonist leaving a heterosexual relationship, but there is no explicit evidence of queer identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth subtext within the narrative.
The story challenges traditional roles by showing a man rejecting the stable 'provider' archetype. However, the ability to act of female characters remains unclear.
The narrative focuses on a specific social subculture rather than ethnic the way different parts of someone's identity overlap. There is no indication of a diverse or non-white majority cast.
The film offers a strong critique of institutionalism and state-sanctioned morality. It prioritizes personal autonomy and secular, counter-cultural lifestyles over traditional social orders.
The film provides no information or visible representation regarding physical or neurodivergent characters.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Oscar, a guy in his forties, is passing an existential crisis. He decides to quit his job as a state worker and a relationship with his girlfriend in order to set up a new business: A club for pot enthusiasts. The place is intended to be free of rules, but trouble shows up when those rules begin to be necessary...

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