Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
A young man navigates a hilariously dangerous South Central L.A. with broad humor and campy crime.
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
How intense is 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 has light gore and strong violence. Emotionally it carries some weight. The pace is brisk, and it is a party watch and a date-night pick. The humor runs broad and raunchy. Rated R.
What Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood feels like
- Tone
- campysatiricalpulpydarkly comic
- Pace
- Brisk
- Humor
- broad and big, raunchy
- Best for
- PartyDate night
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Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood for you?
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood scary?
No. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is not a scary watch (scare level 0 of 3).
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood gory or violent?
Light gore (1 of 3) and strong violence (2 of 3).
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood sad or heavy?
A little. There is some emotional weight (1 of 3), but it is not a heavy watch.
Is Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood OK for kids?
It is rated R, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 0, gore 1, violence 2, each out of 3.
How long is 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 runs 1h 29m.
Where can I stream 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 is streaming on Starz.
Does Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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