Whiteboyz

Whiteboyz (1999)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (136 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 take… More

R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Marc Levin
Written By
Danny Hoch, Marc Levin, Garth Belcon, Richard Stratton
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 10, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jan 11, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Nesselson, Variety

    Many scenes of confrontation play like heavy-handed, uncomfortably forced improv.

  • Eric Monder, Film Journal International

    Nothing new or progressive here.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Or, Pretty Fly for a White Guy: The Movie.

  • Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye

    ...a woefully unfunny rap-oriented satire that's about as amusing as a carjacking...[a] tired and baseless culture comedy

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    Whiteboys is almost as short on substance as its poseur protagonists

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