White Boy Rick

2018
16
1h 51min

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Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, 'White Boy Rick' is based on the true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer..

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La historia del adolescente Richard Wershe Jr., quien se convirtió en un informante encubierto del FBI durante la década de los 80 y finalmente fue arrestado por narcotráfico y sentenciado a... Leer todoLa historia del adolescente Richard Wershe Jr., quien se convirtió en un informante encubierto del FBI durante la década de los 80 y finalmente fue arrestado por narcotráfico y sentenciado a cadena perpetua.La historia del adolescente Richard Wershe Jr., quien se convirtió en un informante encubierto del FBI durante la década de los 80 y finalmente fue arrestado por narcotráfico y sentenciado a cadena perpetua.

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PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

6,5/10

45 mil

TU PUNTUACIÓN

POPULARIDAD

2915

722

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Premios
- 2 nominaciones en total

Curiosidades
During the last week of principal photography in Cleveland, production was briefly halted on two separate occasions due to exchanges of gunfire in neighborhoods near the set.

Pifias
The bulk of this story is set in the early/mid '80s. However, Wershe Sr. tells his son that he is seeing someone about a "40 Cal". The .40 S&W cartridge debuted on January 17, 1990.

Citas
Richard Wershe Sr.: Straight talk? Your mother and I. We didn't plan on Dawn.
Richard Wershe Sr.: We didn't plan on you either, but in the end things worked out.
Rick Wershe Jr.: Dawn is a junkie, I'm shitting into a bag. Well that turned out well.
Richard Wershe Sr.: What can I say, you know? I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy.

Créditos adicionales
The end credits are preceded by a brief summary of Rick and his family's fate, as well as that of Rick's criminal associates and the police officers he helped put in prison. There is also a short audio tape of the real Rick speaking about his prison time and hopes for the future when he leaves.

Conexiones
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Matthew McConaughey/Taran Killam/Lady Antebellum/Sean Kinney (2018)

Banda sonora
Cocaine Blues (Live)
Written by Red Arnall (as T.J. Arnall) and William Nichols
Performed by Johnny Cash
Courtesy of Columbia Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Published by Unichappell Music Inc. on behalf of itself and Elvis Presley Music, Inc. (BMI)

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6/10

Not great, not terrible

The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a 16-year-old who became an FBI informant, and one of Detroit's biggest drug dealers.

It's a shame that this film does not have the right pace and storyline, turning out to be a missing shot (pun intended).

The performances are generally good (especially by Matthew McConaughey), although the characters navigate in a narrative that tries to go from action to drama, without making a transition that makes sense.

I'm a fan of the duo director / cinematographer (they made some eps of Top Boy), so I don't find the tone and atmosphere strange.

The problem is the lack of details and interesting scenes, which make this film really easy to forget.