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  • 2006
  • R
  • Rogue Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Rogue Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles -- where a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde hit the streets. (Rogue Pictures)

Directed By: Vondie Curtis-Hall

Written By: Darin Scott, Michael Mahern, Vondie Curtis-Hall

  • 2006
  • R
  • Rogue Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Rogue Pictures
  • 1 h 37 m

Waist Deep

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
37
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary In the urban action thriller Waist Deep, director Vondie Curtis Hall takes audiences on a ride through contemporary Los Angeles -- where a sexy 21st-century Bonnie and Clyde hit the streets. (Rogue Pictures)

Directed By: Vondie Curtis-Hall

Written By: Darin Scott, Michael Mahern, Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
37
18% Positive
4 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
45% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
37
18% Positive
4 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
45% Negative
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75
Curtis Hall keeps slipping in surprising social and emotional flavorings rarely found in the genre.
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60
No, it's not a great movie. It is, however, an interesting one.
By Teresa Wiltz FULL REVIEW
50
Waist Deep is a cynical excuse for the writer and director (and talented actor) Vondie Curtis-Hall to sock some money away for the kids' college tuition. It's as if he watched "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " and thought, "It needs more palm trees."
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
50
Gibson and Good deliver such emotionally honest performances that we wish them a happy ending, no matter how many movie clichés have to be trotted out to get there.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
30
The lengths to which a parent will go to save a child can be gut-wrenching stuff, but Waist Deep rarely hits you in the pit of your stomach. Blame it on the lame screenplay, which unwisely (and badly) gravitates more toward the crime-spree elements of "Bonnie and Clyde" than the fierce parental instincts of, say, "Kramer vs. Kramer" or "Lorenzo's Oil."
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
25
Slow-witted and occasionally unintentionally hilarious.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
0
It's about as much fun for the viewer as being dropped into a virtual-reality version of a highway-safety crash film. Hall writes and directs with the finesse of a rusty hatchet.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.3
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14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.3
71% Positive
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14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures, Radar Pictures, RSVP Productions
Release Date Jun 23, 2006
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline His son. His life. His freedom. He's taking them all back.
Website http://www.waistdeep.net/
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Awards

Black Movie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination

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