Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

R

1996

1h 28m

Comedy

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Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).

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Godfrey Cheshire

Variety

Feb 5, 2008

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

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Aug 30, 2004

3/5

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

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Joey O'Bryan

Austin Chronicle

Jan 1, 2000

0.5/5

If I see one more movie featuring that current favorite of obnoxious movie stereotypes -- the pair of abrasive Asian convenience store owners -- I'm not going to even going to think twice before getting up and leaving the theatre.

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

May 13, 2022

The Wayans boys are back! Their satires are silly and sometimes hilarious, but more importantly they enable us to laugh at ourselves.

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

Mar 1, 2022

1.5/4

Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory, however. They go, mainly, for broad slapstick - aiming low.

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Deborah Hornblow

Hartford Courant

Jan 2, 2018

2/5

Perhaps if "Menace'' had been shorter and some of the weaker sketches had been left on the cutting-room floor, it would have added up to a stronger whole. In the end, it is too small a menace to match the efforts of filmmakers like Singleton and Lee.

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Fro T

@frothizzlereviews 3 days ago

“Ashtray! You little b**** ass muthaf*****! Come give yo Grandma a hug!” 10/10

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Cara H

@RT87333275 Jul 22, 2026

Don't go into this expecting a highbrow film. There's a lot of crude humor. The send-ups of various popular hood movies are hilarious and the characters are enjoyable. It's a fun watch.

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Chris B

@ctotheg Jul 7, 2026

Dumb funny. One of my favorite hoods comedies of all time. Right after Friday of course!

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Kyle B

@DodgerCat Jul 6, 2026

Now overall, the movie wasn’t great. If you go into it as a movie critic you’re not going to enjoy it. But, if you go in with a positive attitude and wanting a laugh, this is the perfect movie for you. The brilliant comedy minds of the Wayans brothers. The creators of most of the Scary Movies and other various movies like little man and the tv show in living color. I went into it only seeing Boyz in the hood before. Most of the movie spoofs Boyz in the hood and the rest was still very enjoyable regardless of if I haven’t seen the original.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 20, 2026

Funny in 1 hour and 28 minutes. Starring The Wayans Brothers. Rated R.

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Jay C

@Jay_C92 May 21, 2026

The Godfather of spoof movies in my book you wouldn’t have any scary movie hit series without this movie paving the way first this is the 90s classic for sure. If you didn’t grow up in these environments, you probably won’t get the comedy concepts so I guess the ratings reflect it’s not for everyone or everyone won’t understand it, but this is a staple comedy one of the best in my childhood growing up. lol 😆

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Synopsis

Innocent young black man Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) is forced to move into a tough Los Angeles slum with his family, including his oddly streetwise, pot-smoking grandma (Helen Martin). Before long, Ashtray's nuclear-armed gangster cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans) introduces him to a bizarrely comic crime underworld. Luckily, Ashtray falls for urban poet Dashiki (Tracey Cherelle Jones), and she convinces him to go straight -- but he must deal with her manic ex-boyfriend Toothpick (Darrel Heath).

Director: Paris Barclay
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman
Distributor: Miramax Films, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Ivory Way Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.5M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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