Review of Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991) by Private U — 28 Dec 2007

This movie is heartbreaking and hilarious!

This review of Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991) was written by Private U on 28 Dec 2007.

Straight Out of Brooklyn has generally received positive reviews.

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Awfully difficult to watch outside of its 1991 womb, with its limitations cringe-inducing, reducing a powerful statement of frustration to…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 09 Jun 2007

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 Dec 2006

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By Kay H (87) on 28 Feb 2016

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By Ben K (485) on 29 Jul 2007

This movie was heavilly hyped when it was released due mainly to the fact that Matty Rich made was something like 4 years old and made straight…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 01 Aug 2017

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By Derrick B (120) on 15 Oct 2009

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Probes the struggles to keep hope alive in an inner city ghetto…

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By John D (2,323) on 14 Aug 2008

A great debut film whatever happened to Matty Rich…

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Matty Rich was 19 years old when he made this film, although you wouldn't know it. You'd think he was more like 16 and had watched too much TV…

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