• R, 1 hr. 30 min.
  • Drama, Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Reginald Hudlin
    In Theaters:
    May 3, 1996 Wide
    On DVD:
    Jun 1, 2004
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Opening

75% Fast & Furious 6 May 24
25% The Hangover Part III May 23
70% Epic May 24
97% Before Midnight May 24
75% We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks May 24
83% Fill the Void May 24
—— A Green Story
—— Alyce Kills May 24

Top Box Office

87% Star Trek Into Darkness $70.2M
78% Iron Man 3 $35.8M
50% The Great Gatsby $23.9M
46% Pain & Gain $3.2M
69% The Croods $3.0M
77% 42 $2.8M
55% Oblivion $2.3M
98% Mud $2.2M
36% Peeples $2.2M
8% The Big Wedding $1.2M

Coming Soon

—— After Earth May 31
—— Now You See Me May 31
100% The Kings of Summer May 31
89% The East May 31

The Great White Hype Reviews

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Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com

The joke is often funny and the actors all look like they're having fun, but it's still a one-joke movie that falls short of its potential

| Original Score: 2/5

September 10, 2005
Clint Morris
Moviehole

A knockout comedy...Peter Berg is a trip!

| Original Score: 3/5

March 11, 2005
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Breezy, biting fun.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Original Score: 3/4

January 8, 2005
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
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As satire, Hype dares to play the race card but folds too soon.

| Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

| Original Score: 2/5

July 29, 2005
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

| Original Score: 3/5

July 27, 2005
Derek Smith
Cinematic Reflections

| Original Score: 2/5

October 24, 2004
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

| Original Score: 1/5

June 11, 2004
Oz
Hollywood Bitchslap

| Original Score: 2/5

March 3, 2004
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

| Original Score: 2/5

August 22, 2003
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10

May 15, 2003
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

| Original Score: 3/5

February 17, 2003
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

| Original Score: 1/5

January 20, 2003
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

| Original Score: 3/5

July 26, 2002
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Full Review Source: Detroit News | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Original Score: 3/5

January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Full Review Source: Cinematter | Original Score: 2.5/4

January 1, 2000

Entertainment Weekly
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Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Original Score: B+

May 3, 1996
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