Reviews
By STEVE ELLIOTT Editor, Tokesignals.com
DIRECTED by RORY ROONEY, 2016 // 86 MINUTES, $3.99 AMAZON VIDEO
BAKED IN BROOKLYN From corporate America to ganjaprenuer
If
you’d told me yesterday that one of my favorite movies of 2016 would be about a pill-gobbling pot dealer who doesn’t even like to smoke pot, I might have argued with you. Today, though, after screening “Baked In Brooklyn,” I’d have to admit you were right. In the film, an impressive directorial debut for Rory Rooney, a newly unemployed college graduate named David Sharpiro decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan to makes end meet after losing his corporate cubicle job at a New York City consulting firm. Things get off to a quick start after Sharpiro (“The Big Bang Theory’s” Josh Brener) advertises his wares online, but that’s where the plot twists come in. With a new beautiful, pot-smoking girlfriend (played by the stunning Alexandra Daddario) who is nonetheless skeptical of his new career, a rapid increase in clientele, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, David soon realizes he’s in way over his head. His roommates are equally skeptical of his plan, but let him go ahead with it. But as David’s new pot-selling job takes over his life, his friends begin to resent him, and the fear of being beat up becomes all too real. I was never bored for even one minute of this great film, and recommend it to anyone who wants to spend a fun hour and a half in the Big Apple.
DAVID SOON REALIZES HE’S IN WAY OVER HIS HEAD.
50/DEC. 2016 FACEBOOK.COM/NWLEAF