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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 12 Sep 2018

The emotional crux of the movie is the relationship between the inept father and his hapless children…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 12 Sep 2018

Making his film debut, Richie Merritt plays Rick as a sullen, evidently stupid and certainly uncharismatic schemer in possession of a modicum…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Sep 2018

White Boy Rick works better as a working-class father/son drama than a cautionary tale about the American judicial system, though it never…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 12 Sep 2018

French director Yann Demange and a trio of writers elevate the story into a family dynamic that is both moving and realistic…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 12 Sep 2018

Merritt's natural talent and charisma bleed through his words, curly hair, and little beats, whether it's fixing his blue bowtie or walking…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 12 Sep 2018

[T]he movie never quite allows us an opportunity to genuinely feel the weight of desperation and circumstantial imprisonment for these characters…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 12 Sep 2018

Drug dealing in East Detroit is a tough business and Demange's cast and crew bring it to life with a gritty realism…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for Associated Press (1,685) on 12 Sep 2018

McConaughey is so good and emotionally affecting as Richard Sr., in both vulnerable and tough moments, that it might even catch you off guard…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 12 Sep 2018

It's a tale of right and wrong, greed, power and corruption…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 12 Sep 2018

McConaughey's performance sets the standard for a fine ensemble that includes Cleveland standing in for 1980s Detroit…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Toronto Sun (419) on 12 Sep 2018

White Boy Rick is an intriguing story brought to life by impressive performances, particularly from McConaughey and Merritt…

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By Mike Reyes (98) for CinemaBlend (829) on 12 Sep 2018

A bit underwhelming as story, but absolutely magnetic as a collection of performers giving the film their all…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 12 Sep 2018

What sets it a notch or two above rote familiarity is its cast, featuring a charismatic, white trash-with-a-heart-of-gold turn from a mulletted…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Sep 2018

White Boy Rick is a collection of interesting enough scenes in desperate need of a more cohesive framework…

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By Juanma Fernández París (79) for El Nuevo Día (76) on 12 Sep 2018

The film might have had a major emotional impact with audiences if the beats had registered with more strength. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 12 Sep 2018

Director Yann Demange's film White Boy Rick balances these details, both outlandish and intimate, carefully…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 12 Sep 2018

White Boy Rick is stylish and well acted, but glosses over the criminal elements…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Cambridge Day (227) on 12 Sep 2018

Somehow White Boy Rick doesn't know how to deliver, or maybe it's just that hard to make a true-life criminal be sympathetic or compelling onscreen…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 12 Sep 2018

The teenage, first-time actor certainly holds his own with the experienced likes of Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Jason Leigh…

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By Jeremy Jahns (155) for JeremyJahns.com (155) on 12 Sep 2018

This is a story that deserves a better movie than it got…

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