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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 47343
Released: January 11, 2005 |
| Our Price: $4.42 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Welcome to Iowa, where the corn grows tall, the kids hang at the mall and homegrown white boy Flip Dogg rapps, "Whassup with that?" Flip's struggle to keep it real in his boring Midwestern 'hood ultimately takes him and his crew on a road trip to the projects of Chicago, where he discovers it ain't all good when he disses some real-life gangstas! This fresh, in-your-face comedy features some of today's hottest rap artists, including Snoop Dogg, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.
WhiteBoyz Reviews:
A little more to it. 
2007-12-17 - There are certain phases every one goes through in regards to their race. For whites it starts with a denial that racism exists, then moves to a realization that inequalities exist between whites and other races, especially blacks. At this point most whites recede to their previous viewpoints and identify with whites even more strongly in order to deal with the negative emotions that facing these unpleasant facts evokes. There are more stages but that is all we need for this movie. The film is a study of what happens when, instead of identifying with their own culture, someone identifies with the oppressed culture. Flip is not aping the black culture because it is the cool thing to do. He is doing it to deal with the guilt thrust upon him from the actions of his ancestors. It is all in the monologue at the end. Overall a great movie. Funny and thought provoking.
One of my all time favorite movies! 
2007-12-02 - Awesome movie!!! Being the old school rap fan I am, and having lived in both urban anrd rural areas in several states, I understood the humor in this movie. This is one of those movies I can watch 100 times and still laugh. (kinda like Office Space). Anyone that hates this movie just has no sense of humor at all. I would rate it 10 out of 5 stars if I could!
i wish i could get my money back 
2007-07-27 - this movie is so bad i had to stop watching it towards the end. for some reason i thought this was a comedy not a long boring drama. this movie would have been better if the writting was any good. it is just so bad that i couldn't even get offended by the use of the "N" word, it was just an awfull addition to my movie collection. Danny Hoch is still a good actor in my opionon, he just needs to talk to his agent or whomever is giving him scripts like this one to just say no. if he can turn down the sienfield show he can turn down these crummy movies as well.
White boys
2006-03-19 - Funny movie, could be misinterpreted but if your open minded it is very very funny.
I'm surprised so many people liked this movie 
2006-03-19 - I was actually embarassed when I finally saw this movie at home with my family. Everyone has already captured the essence of the movie - white farm boys looking to make it big in the world of rapping. This movie was filmed in and around my home town and I was an extra for a few scenes, which I was totally excited about at the time, but then the embarassment snuck in after I finally got the opportunity to watch it. It really is SO satirical and both very close and very far from the truth of the average midwest upbringing. For the most part, I just found it very humorous after watching it a couple times and discussing it with other friends.
So, I've listed a couple of the things that I found pretty funny...Their only black friend seems to be the exact opposite of what they wanted out of the black rapper experience. The girlfriend (Piper Perabo) goes from being the gangsta's girlfriend in this movie to being a hot bartender in Coyote Ugly. I heard more of an East coast accent out of most of the characters, rather than the usually unnoticable midwestern accent. I really loved the birthmark scene - just made me laugh again!
It's just one of those movies you gotta watch more than once (if you can get through it the first time).
