Breaking Habits
Cheated by her stealing, polygamist husband of 17 years, once high-flying corporate executive Christine Meeusen flees penniless with her three young children. She finds her calling in a most unexpected place: as the founder of a medicinal-marijuana empire called Sisters of the Valley. Her mission is to provide her products to those in need while fighting the interests of the country sheriff and deadly black market thieves.
- Director:
- Robert Ryan ('The Billion Dollar Game')
Reviews & comments
Educational yet intriguing look at the effect of cannabis regulations
The synopsis of this documentary simply states: a former corporate executive fleeing a bad marriage becomes a cannabis farmer, forms a company called Sisters of the Valley and takes on the persona of a nun, Sister Kate. Directed by Rob Ryan, Breaking Habits delves into the marijuana business of America. As cannabis is quite a polarising topic, sharing...
The Guardian
pressA little more nuance and historical depth would have been welcome, but this will be serviceable entertainment when it gets to streaming, as long as viewers have a supply on hand.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThis is where the film falls down. It's not enough for Ryan just to show us the weirdness. He needed to stay longer, to answer some of the questions he raises.
Stuff
pressThis potentially engrossing and timely story is, like so many of its participants, mostly wasted.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe story is a potentially interesting one, but it's told here in such scattershot, disjointed fashion that one can barely follow it.
FilmInk
pressAll of this could have made a fun ninety minutes, but somehow the film doesn't hang together that well.
The Guardian
pressA little more nuance and historical depth would have been welcome, but this will be serviceable entertainment when it gets to streaming, as long as viewers have a supply on hand.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThis is where the film falls down. It's not enough for Ryan just to show us the weirdness. He needed to stay longer, to answer some of the questions he raises.
Stuff
pressThis potentially engrossing and timely story is, like so many of its participants, mostly wasted.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe story is a potentially interesting one, but it's told here in such scattershot, disjointed fashion that one can barely follow it.
FilmInk
pressAll of this could have made a fun ninety minutes, but somehow the film doesn't hang together that well.
Educational yet intriguing look at the effect of cannabis regulations
The synopsis of this documentary simply states: a former corporate executive fleeing a bad marriage becomes a cannabis farmer, forms a company called Sisters of the Valley and takes on the persona of a nun, Sister Kate. Directed by Rob Ryan, Breaking Habits delves into the marijuana business of America. As cannabis is quite a polarising topic, sharing...
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