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

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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 02/05/2008
Full of very obvious spoofery, and funnier in concept than in execution. Go to Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times 08/30/2004
3/5
A free-for-all comic spoof that brings the 'hood' genre of Hollywood films full circle. Go to Full Review Joey O'Bryan Austin Chronicle 01/01/2000
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. Go to Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life 05/13/2022
The Wayans boys are back! Their satires are silly and sometimes hilarious, but more importantly they enable us to laugh at ourselves. Go to Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot 03/01/2022
1.5/4
Only briefly do the writers attempt any humor that is inflammatory, however. They go, mainly, for broad slapstick - aiming low. Go to Full Review Deborah Hornblow Hartford Courant 01/02/2018
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Cara H @RT87333275 Jul 22 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. See more Chris B @ctotheg Jul 7 Dumb funny. One of my favorite hoods comedies of all time. Right after Friday of course! See more Kyle B @DodgerCat Jul 6 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. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 20 Funny in 1 hour and 28 minutes. Starring The Wayans Brothers. Rated R. See more Jay C @Jay_C92 May 21 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 😆 See more Damon G @Dmoney420 Feb 22 Classic comedy loved this See more Read all reviews
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Paris Barclay

Director

Shawn Wayans

Ashtray

Marlon Wayans

Loc Dog

Tracey Cherelle Jones

Dashiki

Chris Spencer

Preach

Suli McCullough

Crazy Legs

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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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