45
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Deceptively silly, ultimately intelligent.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanWithout a real story to go with the notion of Farm Belt "wiggas," the humor wears thinner and thinner until it disappears.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumDopey, not dope.
- 50New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsDespite its good intentions, Whiteboys -- a serio-comic examination of hip-hop's influence on suburban white youth -- comes off as little more than a fleshed-out skit.
- 40Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterNot a movie that can afford to take itself seriously.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyCan never quite decide whether it's after the humor implicit in what seems conceived as satire, or the agitprop frissons of race and class theory.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourDocuments accurately the capacity of pop culture to make mongrels of its consumers. But it doesn't quite know (or want to know) what to make of it.
- 30VarietyVarietyToo many scenes play like actors acting rather than life being lived as pic lurches around with ragged variations in tone.