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Poor White Trash is silly and over-the-top, but not very funny. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A woman (Sean Young) and her boyfriend (Jason London) aid her son and his friends in a crime spree in order to raise money for a lawyer.

Rating:

R
Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Michael Addis
Producer:

Mark Roberts, Lorena David
Writer:

Michael Addis
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA):

$3.5K
Runtime:

1h 25m

Cast & Crew

Sean Young
Linda Bronco

William Devane
Ron Lake

Jason London
Brian Ross

Tony Denman
Michael Bronco

Jacob Tierney
Lennie Lake

Jaime Pressly
Sandy Lake

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Critic Reviews for Poor White Trash

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (4)

Despite its vulgarizing touches, it's a crudely effective story about tradition and modernity, misogyny and resistance.

March 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
I'd rather go on an all-Crisco diet than sit through Poor White Trash again.

January 1, 2000

Kevin Maynard
Mr. Showbiz
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December 6, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Film Threat
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July 26, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
One of those guilty pleasures that has no business being as stupidly entertaining as it is.

December 8, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Merle Bertrand
Film Threat
You rarely see a movie these days with the conviction to lock 'breezy' and 'zany' squarely in its comic crosshairs and keep it there for the entire film, or the singularity of vision to sustain such a tone. But this deliciously campy film does just that.

November 18, 2002 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Brent Simon
Entertainment Today
Did you know that stupid, poor, white trash people are funny? Of course they are! Just not in this movie.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Dave White
IFilm
Trash isn't filled with stars, nor is it particularly well-written or evenly executed, but it's still a lot of fun to watch.

January 1, 2000

Jon Popick
Planet S Magazine
Needless to say, this is one really absurd, funny movie.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

James Brundage
Filmcritic.com
Hilarity should ensue, but it doesn't.

January 1, 2000

Andy Klein
New Times

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Audience Reviews for Poor White Trash

Jan 02, 2015

Terrible, just terrible. Poor White Trash is a comedy about the desperate attempt for a trailer park trash family to send their son to college by robbery. Well, it's not funny. Sean Young gave the audience a wonderful performance but there is just so much cliche, character archetypes and over the top acting.

Sylvester K Super Reviewer