Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

63K

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A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

63K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,410

515

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Toothpick
(as Darrell Heath)

Helen Martin

Loc Dog's Grandma

Isaiah Barnes

Doo Rag

Lahmard J. Tate

Ashtray's Father
(as Lahmard Tate)

Keith Morris

Dave the Crackhead

Craig Wayans

Thug #1

Casey Lee

Birthday Boy Thug

Joe Scott

Birthday Cake Boy
(as Joe 'Nub' Scott)

Kim Wayans

Mrs. Johnson

Vivica A. Fox

Ashtray's Mother
(as Vivica Fox)

Leonette Scott

Flashback Girl
(as Lee Scott)

Marian Reynolds

Flashback Mother

Director
- Paris Barclay
Writers
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
(at around 4 mins) Early in the film, Shawn Wayans's character says that his father is only a few years older than him. Lahmard J. Tate, who plays Ashtray's father, is less than two years older than Wayans. Cuba Gooding Jr. is only 7 years younger than Laurence Fishburne, who played his character's father in Boyz n the Hood (1991).

Goofs
(at around 9 mins) When Ashtray is getting a haircut from his dad, in one frame he's wearing a barber cape in the next one he's not wearing one, then right before the scene is over he's wearing it again.

Quotes
Grandma: Ashtray! You little bitch ass motherfucker! Come over here and give your grandma a hug!

Crazy credits
Robert Schimmel is listed in the opening credits, yet he does not appear anywhere in the film, and is missing from the end credits.

Alternate versions
The Unrated version contains the following alternate scenes: Loc Dog's chat with the thug chick at the barbecue is extended; After Ashtray is released from jail Loc Dog, Preach and Crazy Legs play a game of Po'Nopoly; Loc Dog's dream is shown at the Old School scene; During Toothpick's drive by, instead of Ashtray running away he tries to save Dashiki, making more sense why he is suddenly lying on the ground; When grandma is said to have the "juice", she chops the guy's head off and puts it in her purse, referring to 'Dead Presidents'.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: From Dusk Til Dawn/Eye for an Eye/12 Monkeys/Two If by Sea/Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

Soundtracks
Food Fight
Written by E. Humphrey, Shock-G (as G. Jacobs), T. Jones
Zomba Songs Inc./Pubhowyalike (administered by Zomba Songs Inc.) (BMI)/T. Jones
Performed by Digital Underground (as digital underground)
Produced by DA' D-Flow Pro-Diduction Squid-OD
(P) 1996 Island Records, Inc., a PolyGram Company

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Featured review

The Wayans brothers do it again.

Besides having a title that is funny in itself, Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood is one of the funniest movies this decade. It spoofs such black films as Boyz N' Tha Hood, Dead Presidents, Juice, Menace II Society, and South Central with such hilarity that you'll be repeating its many classic lines over and over again for months. Wayans brothers who started on In Living Clor and made the hilarious 1988 movie I'm Gonn Git U Sucka do it again with this long overdue spoof of movie that are extremely serious. Classic lines and memorable scenes saturate this movie beginning to end. All characters are well acted and comic pacing and sight gags are at a peak not reached since Top Secret or Naked Gun. Multiple viewings add to the fun. Hilarious. I was foolin` y`all! Those was jokes!