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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › white-boy-rick-2018White Boy Rick movie review & film summary (2018) - Roger Ebert

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   Sep 14, 2018 · The Argentine thriller “El Angel” follows a teenage serial killer, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is about a writer-turned-forger, and “White Boy Rick” dramatizes the saga of a teenager sentenced to life in prison for a nonviolent drug offense.

2. www.detroitnews.com › story › entertainmentReview: Tale of 'White Boy Rick' and '80s Detroit unfocused

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   Sep 11, 2018 · The scattered true-life story unfolds in the ruins of 1980s Detroit, where the crack epidemic is running rampant and the closest thing to good news is the Detroit Tigers’ 1984 World Series...

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4. www.reddit.com › r › moviereviewsMOVIE REVIEWS WITH TIM – WHITE BOY RICK : r/moviereviews

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   Newcomer Richie Merritt owned the lead role of “White boy” Rick Wershe, and brought it to life reliving that era in the 80’s when the young 15 year old Wershe became more than a figure in Detroits history but a iconic legend. It made the movie seem more raw and realistic.

5. www.nytimes.com › review-white-boy-rickReview: Drugs, Guns and Poses in ‘White Boy Rick’

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   Sep 11, 2018 · A fiction built on nonfiction, “White Boy Rick” traces the grim, grubby rise and predictable fall of Richard Wershe Jr. (the newcomer Richie Merritt), a Detroit drug dealer who was arrested...

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6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › white_boy_rickWhite Boy Rick - Rotten Tomatoes

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   Rick Wershe is a single father who's struggling to raise two teenagers during the height of the crack epidemic in 1980s Detroit. Wershe sells guns illegally to make ends meet but soon attracts...

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   • Director: Yann Demange

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Matthew Mcconaughey

7. reelreviews.com › home-video › white-boy-rick-movieWhite Boy Rick - Blu-ray Review - reelreviews.com

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   Sep 14, 2018 · Set in the bombed-out husk of 1980’s Detroit, White Boy Rick tells the rather incredible true story of Rick Wershe, Jr., a down-and-out kid who became the youngest ever FBI informant at the tender young age of 14.

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   Is 'White Boy Rick' based on a true story?

   • Scott Garfield/Columbia Pictures/Sony Picture Entertainment A fiction built on nonfiction, “White Boy Rick” traces the grim, grubby rise and predictable fall of Richard Wershe Jr. (the newcomer Richie Merritt), a Detroit drug dealer who was arrested in 1987 at 17.

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   Is 'White Boy Rick' a good movie?

   • Despite these flaws, the performances in the movie are strong: short turns by Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie and Jennifer Jason Leigh feel comedic or exhilarating. Under the cinematography of Tat Radcliffe, “White Boy Rick” hits colorfully grim notes through saturated lighting that seems to stream in through dirty fluorescents or dying street lamps.

   White Boy Rick movie review & film summary (2018) - Roger Ebert

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   Why is Rick Jr called White Boy?

   • Rick Jr. earns his catchy nickname soon after he starts running with powerful black street gangsters who inexplicably welcome him into their fold, as if he were one of them. (The White Boy name might have been a media fantasy about the character’s putative exoticism, at least that’s what the real Mr. Wershe suggested to The Guardian in 2015.

   Review: Drugs, Guns and Poses in ‘White Boy Rick’

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   What is the real tragedy of 'White Boy Rick'?

   • The real tragedy of “White Boy Rick” is that he’s just one of millions of men who have lost years of his life to the injustice of the system. This review was originally filed from the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9th, 2018. Monica Castillo is a critic, journalist, programmer, and curator based in New York City.

   White Boy Rick movie review & film summary (2018) - Roger Ebert

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   Where can I watch White Boy Rick?

   • Rent White Boy Rick on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Solid work from the cast - particularly a scene-stealing Matthew McConaughey - helps White Boy Rick make up for a number of missed opportunities in the script.

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   What is 'White Boy Rick' about?

   • Squint and you can sometimes make out the bigger, more complex stories in “White Boy Rick,” including those of a great city violently brought low; of fragile communities left to fail and rot; and of a legal system that seems permanently broken.

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9. www.vulture.com › 2018 › 09White Boy Rick Review - Vulture

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   Sep 17, 2018 · White Boy Rick is better on paper than on the screen, but it’s the bland filmmaking that dooms it far more than a lack of story to work with.