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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood (1996)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 17

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4

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Much as Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka parodied the basic elements of 70's blaxploitation pictures, this film written by and starring his younger brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans pokes fun at the gritty "reality check" films of the 1990's, such as Boyz N The Hood, Menace II Society and New Jack City. When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Paris Barclay

Written By: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

On DVD: Jan 15, 2002

Cast

Shawn Wayans
Ashtray
Marlon Wayans
Loc Dog
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Dashiki
Chris Spencer
Preach
Suli McCullough
Crazy Legs
Darrell M. Heath
Toothpick
Helen Martin
Grandma
Kim Wayans
Mrs. Johnson
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Mailman
Vivica A. Fox
Ashtray's Mother
Isaiah Barnes
Doo Rag
Lahmard J. Tate
Ashtray's Father
Keith Morris
Dave the Crackhead

Critic Reviews for Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood

All Critics (25) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (19) | DVD (14)

Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Godfrey Cheshire

Variety

Top Critic

A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Rude, crude and outrageous.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

Top Critic

Outrageous is the key word here. In many successful scenes, the Wayans deftly play on our assumptions and cliches.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Esther Iverem

Washington Post

Top Critic

Things might be bad, the movie suggests, but they're not so bad you can't laugh.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Strangely sour and ultimately wearisome.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

If you can't grin while cruising the carpool lane to nonsensical hedonism, then this isn't the movie for you.

November 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

If you really want to appreciate this film, go see all the hood movies from the 90s - good and bad.

September 22, 2005 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Parodying all the stereotypes imaginable, this DVD offers some even more outrageous outtakes and off-color jokes that make it more than the R it was released in the theaters.

September 21, 2005 Full Review | Comment

Michael Szymanski

Wordmag.com

...playing to the lowest common denominator among the viewing public doesn't necessarily make for the best possible movies. (Special Unrated Edition)

September 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...the Wayans use a sledgehammer to drive in a thumbtack.

September 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

There's maybe three or four half-decent chuckles to be found in this otherwise interminable 90-minute mega-chore.

September 16, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

The thin plot is merely the frame for gags, and there are more a few good ones here.

December 28, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Laugh yourself stupid....Wayans classic!

October 11, 2004 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

[A] pleasant hour and a half.

October 21, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

rec.arts.movies.reviews

One of the funniest movies of all time

February 19, 2003 Comments (4)

Kevin Fiddler

Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

There are zero laughs in this stupid, stupid movie.

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

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Audience Reviews for Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood

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Critics don't understand a movie like this. This is strictly made for the audience and for laughter at the outrageous things the Wayan bros do. I Liked it.

August 5, 2011

Eric Alvarez

Super Reviewer

Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time. Just a laugh out loud movie filled with some dark humor. It's rude, it's crude, it's in-your-face - and it's just a delight to watch. There's a couple of more Wayans in this

February 6, 2010

Manu Gino

Super Reviewer

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