A Low Down Dirty Shame

A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 58% of users liked it
    (29,431 ratings)

A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money in this action-comedy. Writer-director Keenan Ivory Wayans also stars as Los Angeles private eye Arthur Shame, a former cop whose troubled past resurfaces when a one-time colleague asks for… More

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Genres
Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 23, 1994 Wide
On DVD
Mar 4, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Lowry, Variety

    In terms of action, Wayans the director relies too much on slow-motion in shooting action scenes -- a tiresome habit that undercuts the potential excitement of some sequences.

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    So far, so hackneyed.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    Mr. Wayans is an agreeable screen presence, but he makes a surprisingly bland action hero.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    Wayans isn't sure whether to send up Shaft and company or simply to remake the action thriller. The result is an embarrassing compromise.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Here is a movie about guns. Take away the guns, and the movie would be about nothing much.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dean M


    Not bad action-comedy of Keenen Ivory Wayans' film. Jada Pinkett's animated performance as Shame's fast-talking girl Friday is one of the few outstanding elements in this otherwise so-so spoof of blaxploitation pictures.

  • danny d


    i am chuy yung phat, do you know what this means? yea, it means you come with an egg roll and mi so soup.

  • Roy G


    This comedy is either a hit-or-miss

  • Deb S


    Peaches : Shame might be soft on you, but I can see through all that Maybelline. And you ain't nothin' but a gold-diggin' skank, tryin' to get a man for all he's worth. You hurt Shame again, you betta watch yo' back! Shame: I'll go take me a… More

  • Chad R


    After watching In LIving Color - though this would be good...sucked

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