Whiteboyz (1999)
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13% of critics liked it
(16 reviews) -
38% of users liked it
(166 ratings)
With dreams of becoming gangsta rappers, white-bread Iowa boy Flip (Danny Hoch) and his pals (Mark Webber and Dash Mihok) adopt all the style of urban hip-hoppers -- and the townsfolk think they're plain crazy. When Khalid (Eugene Byrd) moves to town, the boys convince their new black friend to… More With dreams of becoming gangsta rappers, white-bread Iowa boy Flip (Danny Hoch) and his pals (Mark Webber and Dash Mihok) adopt all the style of urban hip-hoppers -- and the townsfolk think they're plain crazy. When Khalid (Eugene Byrd) moves to town, the boys convince their new black friend to take them to Chicago and hook them up with everything ghetto. The comedy features cameos and music by Snoop Dog, Fat Joe, Dead Prez, Slick Rick and Mic.
- Directed By
- Marc Levin
- Written By
- Danny Hoch, Marc Levin, Garth Belcon, Richard Stratton
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 10, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Fox
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Nesselson, Variety
Many scenes of confrontation play like heavy-handed, uncomfortably forced improv.
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Eric Monder, Film Journal International
Nothing new or progressive here.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Or, Pretty Fly for a White Guy: The Movie.
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Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye
...a woefully unfunny rap-oriented satire that's about as amusing as a carjacking...[a] tired and baseless culture comedy
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Whiteboys is almost as short on substance as its poseur protagonists
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