The Legend of Cocaine Island

2018

1h 26m

Documentary

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78%

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18 Reviews

64%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

A family man with no drug running experience searches the Caribbean for a lost stash of cocaine said to be worth at least $2 million.

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Critics Consensus

Rodney Hyden's quixotic quest for riches makes The Legend of Cocaine Island a mirthful adventure, although director Theo Love's stylistic flourishes are often counterproductive in conveying the inherent interest of this true story.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

The details get repetitive, the turnabout you can see a mile away...

Apr 1, 2019

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Tom Ough

Daily Telegraph (UK)

This laughable yet laugh-inducing documentary has probably helped save him from the financial ruin that he was trying to escape with his cocaine adventure. Maybe he wasn't so stupid after all.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2019

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Jordan Hoffman

TV Guide

The Closest We've Gotten to Florida Man: The Movie

Mar 29, 2019

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Rohan Naahar

Hindustan Times

If you knew where a bag worth $2 million was buried, would you go looking for it? That's the moral dilemma that the new Netflix documentary, The Legend of Cocaine Island, throws at you, while it tells the story of the one man who actually did.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 10, 2019

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Offbeat docu has lots of drug talk, profanity.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2019

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Eddie Strait

The Daily Dot

The Legend of Cocaine Island has the elements of an insightful documentary, but a strong finished product remains out of reach.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Audience Member

The story was interesting, but I think it was at times extremely repetitive and boring, it seemed "acted", didn't felt like a documentary at all, at 2 points my wife and I were about to watch something else

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely hilarious. The humor, story and production made this a laugh a minute.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

A family man with no drug running experience searches the Caribbean for a lost stash of cocaine said to be worth at least $2 million.

Director: Theo Love
Producer: Jeff Goldstein, Brian Knappenberger, Nate Larson
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2019
Runtime: 1h 26m

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