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James Toback tried to send out a message of what white American kids do to adapt to a hip hop culture while growing up. Like the movie Thirteen, it explores themes of what kids will do to fit in. Rich white kids preferring the black hood life of sex, violence and drugs tearing their own lives apart, black kids mingling with whites, trying to claim their own business deals, with guns and taunts when they have the cash, not trying to make their lives better, just expanding their stereotypes. This makes neither the group of whites or blacks likable. There's a lot of different story lines but none of them really click.
The one that does is when a corrupt cop (played by Ben Stiller) approaches a black guy with a bribe that turns out to be a con, to get at his friend Rich. When he finds out about it, not only does he screw his girlfriend (Claudia Schiffer) but he also gets one of his white cats to take him out, without even telling him why, and he does it. The girlfriend is neither happy nor sad when she hears the news.
There are a hell of a lot of cameos in this movie, including a then fit Mike Tyson, whom Toback is a fan, Brooke Sheilds, Joe Pantoliano, Jared Leto and last but not least, Robert Downey Jr, as a gay man looking a lot like Elton John. Unfortunately all the famous people in the world can't make up for how screwed up the story line is. It could have been a great film about teens, race relations and cultural impact, but it totally missed the spot.
score 3/10
Avwillfan89 4 April 2010
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