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

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood (1996)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (63,477 ratings)

Much as Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka parodied the basic elements of 70's blaxploitation pictures, this film written by and starring his younger brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans pokes fun at the gritty "reality check" films of the 1990's, such as Boyz… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Jan 15, 2002
Miramax

Critic Reviews

  • Godfrey Cheshire, Variety

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

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

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

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    Rude, crude and outrageous.

  • Esther Iverem, Washington Post

    Outrageous is the key word here. In many successful scenes, the Wayans deftly play on our assumptions and cliches.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    Things might be bad, the movie suggests, but they're not so bad you can't laugh.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Eric A


    Critics don't understand a movie like this. This is strictly made for the audience and for laughter at the outrageous things the Wayan bros do. I Liked it.

  • Manu G


    Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time. Just a laugh out loud movie filled with some dark humor. It's rude, it's crude, it's in-your-face - and it's… More

  • Derek D


    Another Wayans' movie, this time mixing up several different ghetto dramas as a kind of follow-up to 'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka', a true classic. Not much different than anything else they've ever done.

  • Anthony L


    The only Wayans brothers films I actually like!

  • Daniel J D


    It definitely effectively parodied its subject matter (and it was a hell of a lot better than White Chicks), but it kinda' dies in the second half. This movie is proof that the younger Wayans aren't totally bereft of comedic talent. It's equal parts poignant, biting… More

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