Mac & Devin Go to High School

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Mac & Devin Go to High School
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Directed byDylan Brown
Screenplay by
  • Herschel Faber
  • Jamieson Stern
  • Jarrett Golding
Story by
Produced by
  • Ted Chung
  • Benjy Grinberg
  • Lucy Brown
  • Dylan Brown
Starring
CinematographyLuis Perez
Edited byDan Dobi
Music byKing Kenobby
Production
companies
Distributed by Anchor Bay Films
Release date
  • July 3, 2012 (2012-07-03)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mac & Devin Go to High School is a 2012 American stoner comedy film. The film was directed by Dylan Brown and stars rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa (in his film debut) in the title roles, along with Mike Epps, Teairra Mari, Andy Milonakis, Luenell in supporting roles and the voice of Mystikal in a guest appearance. The story follows two high school students, geeky Devin and badman Mac, a stoner who befriends Devin and introduces him to cannabis. Critical reception was overwhelmingly negative.

Contents

The film was released as Direct-to-DVD/Blu-ray exclusive on July 3, 2012. The accompanying soundtrack, which included the hit song performed by the films lead actors, "Young, Wild & Free", was released in promotion for the film in December 2011.

Cast

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Production

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released on December 13, 2011, by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, also under the title of Mac & Devin Go to High School . "Young, Wild & Free", featuring Bruno Mars, was the most popular song from the album [1] and was successful worldwide: in its first week, the track sold 159,000 digital copies, [2] debuting at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 and forty four on the Canadian Hot 100. Snoop Dogg revealed in an interview that the soundtrack's success had inspired him to make a movie based on "Young, Wild & Free", and in March 2012 it was announced that he and Wiz Khalifa would star in the spin-off Mac & Devin Go to High School: The Movie. Production and filming began immediately after the announcement.

Despite, the song "This Weed Iz Mine" being featured in the movie, it did not appear on the soundtrack album.

Background

Snoop Dogg had announced plans to release a film and soundtrack with Wiz Khalifa in January 2011, with the release of the song "That Good", originally intended to be the soundtrack's lead single. [3] Wiz Khalifa spoke on the soundtrack, saying: "It's a real big deal because nobody's done it like that as far as a veteran in the game, an OG, a pioneer and then the newest, youngest, most exciting dude in rap coming through, and really just giving people a complete project ... I'm a fan of it, separate myself from making it, [I'm] a huge fan of it. Can't wait." [4]

Location controversy

Much of the film was shot at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California, after the Manhattan Beach Unified School District granted a facilities use permit to The Yard Entertainment, the production company. [5] After two days of filming over the weekend of May 7, 2011, production was halted when it was reported that individuals (some involved with the film, some not) were smoking marijuana on campus, leading the school district to revoke the permit. [5] During the shoot, one group drove a car down the front stairs on the high school causing skid marks. Vandalism and theft from classrooms were also reported by teachers, and The Yard reportedly offered reimbursement to at least one. [5]

DVD release

Straight-to-DVD release of the film was scheduled for April 20, 2012, which was then delayed to July 3, 2012. [6] As of August 2012, the DVD had sold 54,641 units in the United States. [7]

Critical response

Mac & Devin Go to High School was panned by critics. Pre-release reviews were negative. [6] After its release, JP DelaCuesta of AllHipHop gave it a 3/10, saying: "There’s no other way to say this except Mac and Devin Go to High School is bad – plain and simple. The on-screen collaboration between these two Hip-Hop heavyweights is a joke, and for their sakes, hopefully a joke that they and everyone involved with Mac and Devin were in on. At the end of the day, the only thing that Mac and Devin Go to High School proves is that we need How High 2, and we need it bad!" [8] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club also gave the film a negative review, saying "The protégé completes his evolution when he uses his high-school valedictorian speech to perform 'Young, Wild & Free,' the hit single from Mac & Devin Go To High School. 'Young, Wild & Free' is everything Mac & Devin Go To High School should be but isn’t: fun, light, goofy, entertaining, and young. In moments like this, the movie possesses a strange, disarming innocence, but it forces audiences to endure a punishing gauntlet of misogyny and non-starting comedy to get to that middling moment of moderate enjoyment." [9]

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