White Boy Rick R
Hustler. Informant. Kingpin. Legend.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 25, 2018
- Originally Released: 2020
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Jonathan Majors, YG, Bruce Dern & Piper Laurie | |
| Performer: | Rory Cochrane, Bel Powley & Eddie Marsan | |
| Directed by | Yann Demange | |
| Edited by | Chris Wyatt | |
| Screenwriting by | Andy Weiss, Logan Miller & Noah Miller | |
| Composition by | Max Richter | |
| Produced by | Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, John Lesher & Julie Yorn | |
| Director of Photography: | Tat Radcliffe |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/5 --
The issue is not that the film focuses on a white kid, but that it doesn't seem much interested in the black lives hit disproportionately hard by the war on drugs.
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Guardian
Rating: 2/5 --
Yet roughing up his pretty-boy looks and playing people destined for defeat rather than Hollywood endings has become a cliché for McConaughey.
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Times (UK)
Director Yann Demange gets the most out of his cast in this down and dirty tale
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Movies and Shakers
Rating: 3/5 --
Mostly good fun with some bold performances.
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Little White Lies
Rating: 4/5 --
White Boy Rick is a solid effort that introduces Merritt and reminds us why we love McConaughey and the fact that it is based on a true story makes it all the more interesting.
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FlickDirect
Newcomer Merritt plays Rick as both a naive boy who pretends to act tough but wants to do the right thing. There’s a clueless innocence in his performance that paints him not as a psychopathic delinquent but as one who believes drug dealing as a way to help his family.
RogerEbert.com
The standout turn here is Merritt’s, projecting both the streetwise toughness that attracted the authorities and the kind of determination that, under different social circumstances, might have allowed for Rick to find a legitimate path to a better life.
Variety
Product Description:
In 1980s Detroit, white teenager Rick Wershe Jr. (Richie Merritt) sees an opportunity to get his family out of poverty by joining up in the cocaine operation taking place in his predominantly African-American neighborhood. He then becomes the youngest FBI informant in history when he's recruited by government officials to take down the drug ring from the inside. Directed by Yann Demange. Based on a true story. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, and RJ Cyler co-star.
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- Sales Rank: 57,471
- UPC: 043396511972
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