If you haven’t seen the movie The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down, well, you should. Or perhaps you shouldn’t. I guess it depends on your past and whether or not you can relate to the movie. For me, it brings back a lot of crazy memories. The movie is shot in a comical, yet demented kind of way, but for the most part is dead-on accurate in how it portrays the lifestyles of it’s characters, although it is a bit exaggerated. This is NOT a marijuana movie, it is a drug movie. However, pot leafs make an appearance within the first five minutes of the film, and an entire segment is dedicated to weed called “The Merits of Marijuana” and the narrator says it is essential to maintaining sanity. I agree, marijuana saved my life. If it weren’t for weed, I’d probably still be out running wild, dealing drugs, doing drugs, and not thinking about the future.

Anyway, the movie starts with “All over the world, boys & girls are getting down. This is a guide for you to also.” The movie covers the essential tools to “getting down” such as vodka and drugs, and the pitfalls associated with “getting down” such as puking and the police.

So much of the movie I can relate to my past real-life. I agree 100% there are (as the movie says) “Sketchy drugs” and “Fun drugs.” Another fun topic is dealer time vs. real time, and fiends constantly calling the dealer to see how long before he get there.

Oh, and what about when you get in the car with a crazy person behind the wheel? Yeah I know, obviously a stupid move to get inside ANY car when the person is on drugs, but it happens. I remember being on some hardcore acid one night at a friends house party, and a chick named Windy that I worked with came over to score something and she was going to another party on Collins Rd, so a few of us decided to ride over to where she was going. Wow, cram 5 or 6 kids on acid into one car for a trip down US17, and you’re just asking for disaster. Fortunately we made it safely to our destination and continued to party. 

Ok, back to the movie, here is the description from Netflix:

A satirical homage to high school educational films of the 1970s, this indie comedy is a how-to guide for Los Angeles hipsters looking to party, get smashed and hook up. Need to know how to rid yourself of your one-night stand? Or how to tell time in “drug-dealer time”? Then this is the movie for you. Directed by Paul Sapiano, this uproarious low-budget comedy stars Benny Ciaramello, Kat Turner, Cricket Leigh, Steve Monroe and Natalie Taylor.