Black & White

Original title: Black and White

1999
R
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.0/10

6.1K

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A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

6.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Most of the script was improvised by the cast. Only Claudia Schiffer's part was fully scripted.

Quotes
Wren: When you're an adult, you have to kind of know who you are.

Alternate versions
U.S. version was cut from its original NC-17 rating to be re-rated R.

Connections
Edited into The N Word (2004)

Soundtracks
You're a Big Girl Now
Written by Marty Bryant & Robert E. Douglas
Performed by The Stylistics

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Featured review

I hated them all

Watching Robert Downey Jr. try to seduce Mike Tyson is worth the ticket price alone, but only just. The appropriation of black hip-hop culture by privileged white teenagers should prove interesting ground for storytelling, but James Toback's film is undermined by the lack of even one likeable character. It's very hard to care about the motivations or destinies of people you hate. Two pleasant surprises amongst the vignettes: Ben Stiller can be convincing outside of trash comedy; and Claudia Schiffer can actually act.