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Chosen by the man himself, the Kevin Smith Movie Club presents American Milkshake. In mid-90's America, bookish high-school student Jolie knows the only way to get in with the gangsta crowd is to make the varsity basketball team. He wants an edge like Henrietta -- his secret girlfriend who is pregnant with another man’s baby – while still being popular with the cheerleaders. Making the team not only means approval from the inner-city crew of Maple Avenue, but also gets him a step closer to being the one thing he is not – black.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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0%- Reviews Counted: 5
- Fresh: 0
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 4.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: "American Milkshake" merrily bumps along as if it were the first movie to find humor in a white kid's idolizing desire to "be black," whatever that may mean to him.
Rotten: "Milkshake" sucks all the flavor out of a tasty premise ...
Rotten: The script is short on details and insight, and when asked to comment on this condition - or the script's sketch of a culture on the cusp of the Internet revolution - the film, like its dirtbag protagonist, just shrugs.
Rotten: The fact that Jolie isn't very likable would be less of a problem if this film were actually funny, but his selfish disregard for those around him only ends up making us feel bad for the people who care about him.
Customer Reviews
An indie winner from Sundance.
Loved this movie. Saw it at Sundance this year. It is the comic tale of a clueless high schooler whose misguided worldview gets him in all sorts of trouble - and unlike your typical feel good comedy, he never comes around. It is based in the Washington D.C. area and the local slang is spot on.
white boy in a black comedy
Gotta love a movie that gets you laughing and squirming uncomfortably in almost equal measures. Definitely worth watching if you grew up in the 90s.
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- $12.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2013
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