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Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Larenz Tate, Tyrin Turner
  • Summary: A Watts teenager becomes so immersed in his violent world, he can't get out. (New Line Cinema)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    100
    Nothing the Hughes brothers have done in their videos for Tone Loc, Tupac Shakur and others prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Non Credited)
    60
    It lacks the vision, and the fully defined characters, of "Boyz (in the Hood)." Tyrin never becomes more than the sum of his conflicting impulses--he's a composite sample of a social group rather than a fully-fledged individual.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    25
    Because the society in Menace II Society is boxed in sociologically, the picture (for all its strengths) is boxed in esthetically. Already, this genre is beginning to seem as much a victim as the victims it portrays.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. MACC.
    10
    This movie is the best movie I ever saw, I was born in Cali but I didnt know it was that hard but that movie was cool.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. EMael
    10
    The best film that accurately presents what goes down in today’s inner cities. This is not a fabricated story, it is the real deal, trust me I know. I am an uprising director from the rough streets of Oakland.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. KeithP
    10
    This is an great film. I give this movie an A+.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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