Know Your Mushrooms

2008

1h 14m

Documentary

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8 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

Fungi experts and enthusiasts Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans lead the hunt for wild mushrooms and explore their cultural significance.

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

Another delightful exploration of well-chosen subject matter that's more richly fascinating than you might first expect.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 12, 2009

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Joe Leydon

Variety

A playfully informative look at various types of fleshy fungi and the folks who avidly consume them.

Mar 31, 2009

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

As with all of Mann's films, his enthusiasm is infectious. He comes to praise mushrooms, not to bury them, and long may his frying pan sizzle.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 30, 2009

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

Its fun to be completely absorbed in a subculture like this, and Lincoff, Evans and co. make no apologies for relishing every minute of it.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 17, 2010

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

... a highly entertaining trip through the facts and fictions of fungi, from ancient culture to counter-culture to epicurean treat.

Jan 10, 2010

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

Know Your Mushrooms works best as a profile of some colourful characters whose passion is one of the planet's weirdest lifeforms.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 30, 2009

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I got through it but wouldnt recommend it. I don't really feel I came away from the movie learning much. I especially found the multiple choice quizzes throughout the film annoying. There were a few interesting interviews but I feel the movie could have been cut down to about 30 minutes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Sorta informative...sorta borring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

A very informative, fun and well put together documentary on mushrooms but I don't like a lot of how it's composed as it comes across way too hipster, which I'm sure a lot of people enjoy. Just I myself didn't as much probably because I'm not a hippie. It's still very much worth watching just for some of the amazing mushrooms facts.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

I really enjoyed this short doc. Although I can't think of anyone I'd recommend it to. :)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

The way it starts off you'd swear this documentary was going to be all about psychedelic mushrooms & throughout that maybe you should have eaten a few. It does touch on them but it's a mix of all kinds of shrooms & some people that it has become their obsession & philosophy. I sorta found this doc to be a bit padded & not very informative. I have a poster of edible mushrooms on my kitchen wall & you can get more information off of it then Know Your Mushrooms. Ron Mann has made much better documentaries in Grass & Comic Book Confidential & found him often lazy or stoned (who knows what you get into w/ a project like this). Even his choice of retro industrial film isn't all that interesting & Im usually a sucker for that kind of shit

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

You have to see this to believe it... Totally worth an hour of your life

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

Fungi experts and enthusiasts Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans lead the hunt for wild mushrooms and explore their cultural significance.

Director: Ron Mann
Producer: Ron Mann
Screenwriter: Ron Mann
Production Co: Sphinx Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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