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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! (1988)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 10

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3

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Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote, directed, and starred in this hilarious parody of blaxploitation films in the comedy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Jack Spade (Wayans) returns home from a hitch in the army to find his brother Junebug has died from an overdose of gold chains, leaving his widow Cheryl (Dawnn Lewis) and mother Ma Bell (Ja'net DuBois) alone to fend for themselves. Ma throws two inept thugs (Damon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison) sent by the evil white guy Mr. Big (John Vernon) down a flight of

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Hiroshi Nishikiori , Keenan Ivory Wayans

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1988 Wide

On DVD: Jan 9, 2001

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Robert Townsend
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Jack Spade
Bernie Casey
John Slade
Antonio Fargas
Flyguy
Steve James
Kung Fu Joe
Isaac Hayes
Hammer
Jim Brown
Slammer
Ja'Net DuBois
Ma Bell
Dawnn Lewis
Cheryl
John Vernon
Mr. Big
Jesse Aragon
Wren T. Brown
Big Brim Pimp #2
Robert Colbert
Farrell
Marilyn Coleman
Funeral Mourner
Tony Cox
Wayne Evans
Charles Cozart
Anchorman
Maria Diaz
Bar Patron
Bentley Evans
Crowd Member
Roy Fegan
Dead Pimp
Marc Figueroa
Knuckles
Clu Gulager
Lt. Baker
Bob Gibson
Slade's Theme Musician
Eugene Robert Glazer
Officer
Michael Goldfinger
Sergeant
David Alan Grier
Newsman
Kadeem Hardison
Willie
Robin Harris
Bartender at Sam's
Hawthorne James
One Eyed Sam
George James
Bruno
Anne-Marie Johnson
Cherry
Homeselle Joy
Mourner
Peggy Lipton
Bobby McGee
Pimp
Richard McGregor
Gang Member
Gary Owens
Himself
Eve Plumb
Kalinga's Wife
Vickilyn Reynolds
Sadie
Ariana Richards
Little Girl
Chris Rock
Rib Joint Customer
Ludie Washington
Big Brim Bartender
Damon Wayans
Leonard
Kim Wayans
Nightclub Singer
Clarence Williams III
Kalinga
John Witherspoon
Reverend
Carl Craig
Man in Love
Jester Hairston
Pop
Peter McCarthy
Weasel
Tom Wright
Brothel Man
Michael Conn
Officer
King Cotton
Slade's Theme Musician
Liza Cruzat
Bimbo
Brian Maguire
Policeman
Scott Morris
Jack's Theme Musicians:...
Jim Ray Daniels
Slade's Theme Musician
Shawn Wayans
Pedestrian
Nancy Cheryl Davis
Woman
Tommy Morgan Jr.
Referee
Anne-Marie James
Keenan Ivory Wayans

Critic Reviews for I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (10) | DVD (7)

In many respects this is a black counterpart to The Naked Gun, and very nearly as funny; the bounty of antimacho gags is both unexpected and refreshing.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a lively but uncertain mixture of nostalgia, silliness and genuinely unpredictable humor.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Although, like all good satires, it is cheerfully willing to be offensive, it is almost completely incapable of being funny.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

It's not that Wayans lacks wit, it's that he's stomped it to death.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

Wayans' choosing to play romantic lead seems more narcissistic than smartly comic (watch him unleash those built biceps once too often); he lacks an unidentifiable shtick.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Unrelenting, unremitting, a brilliant broad-brush of a parody.

February 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Lesli Goff

Empire Magazine

In offering up this affectionate parody of the old movies, Wayans also turns a satiric eye on black culture in general -- but in an inoffensive, lighthearted manner.

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

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The greatest pleasure comes from seeing '70s veterans send themselves up.

July 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

You'll need to visit a doctor after it....to put back together your split-sides!

March 11, 2006 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

Keenen Ivory Wayans' best film ever.

January 19, 2005 Comment

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

There's something ungrateful going on under the surface

February 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Probably an hour's worth of funny in a 90-minute movie.

October 23, 2003 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

The idea is swamped by the execution.

August 21, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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This is an hilarious spoof comedy movie with great actors, I really liked it, and I highly recommend it.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Keenan my Man! This Movie has to be one of the Silly and Funniest Movies I have ever seen. Why wouldnt it be, Keenan never dissapoints me.

December 11, 2009

Wahida K

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