Unlimitedia
Sick Product of a Sick System
Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
pageiv
There is a great underground culture dealing with white people acting black, or wishing they were black. Though I don't believe too much in human creations such as race, but there are those that strive to be something other than they should be. I, for some reason, felt some pity, for the kids in this movie. They only want to be accepted, and look towards the rap culture for acceptance.For a white boy from the suburbs, I can say I've known guys that act like the leads in this movie. The sad thing is they don't know how ridiculous they are acting until it is too late.The movie is almost a comedy, but sadly, those that are being laughed at don't know it.
mattb40000
I love this movie. It hits the nail on the head portraying suburban white kids trying to be thugs by imitating rappers from MTV. You tend to find more of these kids in backwoods towns and deep in the suburbs than in the inner city and this movie seems more like a non-fiction representation of that ridiculous subculture. They even address the fact that these kids weren't dressing the same years ago or listening to the same music. Basically, acting like these kids is similar to deciding to dress like a cowboy because you start to like country music.Anyone who doesn't like or appreciate this movie - the joke's on you, thug life with a North Carolina jersey.
Jackie_Treehorn
First of all, not only am I embarassed to say that I saw this movie, I'm even more embarassed that I sat through the whole thing. This is the kind of movie that you watch and just get mad, whether your white or black. So I guess these kids are unhappy about where they live (Iowa) and what kid isn't when they're young. Now, if my daughter ever brought home a guy like Flip I would disown her. The guy is a born loser and just wants to be black. Black people don't even act the way that he does. I'm white, but if I was black I would of wanted to pound this guy, just like his one black friend in the movie does.The best part of the movie is when they take a trip to Chicago for a "drug deal" and bring $100 and get laughed out of the apartment. Little reality check white boys. And the part where Flip claims that his birth mark is his real skin color and the rest of him is a birth mark made me want to puke in my soup.I guess the only people that would like this movie are other loser white kids that want to be gangstas and wear K-Mart FUBU jerseys. I can't believe I watched it once and never would again. Kids like that should pickup and baseball or basketball and quit being losers that are going to amount to nothing. If the world has less people like the 3 idiots in this movie, it would be tremendous, for all of us.
dallasmerrifield
If you are from the midwest and are Not infatuated with pop culture, then this movie is very funny. I have my own phrase "thug passion" which is my way of describing the unexplainable. Why are attractive girls obsessed with wannabbee gangstas? It's because of a "quality" that can't quite be described. Whiteboyz explains this phenomenon as well as I can.
