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Fear of a Black Hat (1994)

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Summary: A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--1990s hip-hop group, NWH (Niggaz with Hats). (imdb)
Poster submitted by Faceplant
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Directed By: Rusty Cundieff
Written By: Rusty Cundieff
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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TCI User Score
na nminichino
60
T5
na OhYes
73
T9
na bad_juice
35
T5
na JohnSandwich
70
T7
PSI: 74. Pretty accurate. A bit hit-or-miss and sorta dated, but funny and clever enough for the most part.
na IMDb-byvotes
69
T5
na SunMonkey
80
T7
na wetwillies
85
T5
Hysterical. A lot of great parody in this.
na bizort
74
T6
na paulstomb
55
T2
na filmcricket
63
T7
na omgninjas
84
T7
na Jet
67
T6
na asellout
100
T7
na the_censor
0
T6
na Wonkroota
77
T7
na CatScandal
69
T6
na hellboy76
69
T8
na jodamico
73
T4
na aaronwhat
60
T3
na brianrobot
3
T5
na rorybhoy1888
90
T6
na beamzbo
80
T6
na Gordon Cole
84
T8
na buser333
39
T2
na mattorama12
88
T10
For my money, the most criminally under-appreciated parody ever.
na AAAutin
65
T9
na empire434
74
T7
na ShogunRua
65
T7
Simple, predictable humor, but it's well-executed, and the short song snippets go great with the funny one-liners. Some of the jokes fail, and others are just repetitive, but it's fast-paced enough to never get boring, and ends on a strong note. And on the plus side, even someone like myself, who doesn't listen to rap, understood virtually all the references to NWA, Easy E, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, MC Hammer etc. A funny, amusing parody, but nothing special, either.
na Voet
65
T2
na Zeno
71
T3
na kyle.loomis
5
T6
na shoegays
83
T8
na lebnof
60
T6
na Tikaz
83
T7
na Ocelot
85
T9
A vastly underrated, under-appreciated mockumentary.
na imdb
69
T7
na IndyFilmFest
71
T5
na Sycophantman
60
T5
na Dust_Bowl
65
T2
na Juror8
85
T8
na Jack_Murphy
68
T5
na wirewolf
70
T8
na rbamattre
60
T3
na Ironf
85
T8
na jenniferever
70
T5
na RealBlast3
65
T3
na TripleSH
85
T9
If you like like rap music, hate rap music, don't care about rap music, or are a vegetable confined to a hospital bed, you should find some time to watch Fear of a Black Hat. It is one of those filsm where each time you watch it, you find something new to laugh at, and the critique of late 80's early 90's hip-hop is dead on.
na hehheh
1
T2
I love rap but this is just embarrassing. None of the jokes work.
na winbran
65
T6
na Rutt13
80
T7
na abdah
47
T3
na duluoztrip
88
T9
na sebby
60
T4
na Scottathon
61
T3
This is Spinal Rap.
na Thunderbloat
8
T9
na IHateMovies
80
T5
Quite stupendous, yall haters. Stuuuufffffffff
na Dancon7
74
T7
na Eric WK
60
T6
na graveyardtan
80
T7
Not really a good movie, but lots of amazing quotes! ASMBD
na eggbeater
67
T7
_This Is Spinal Tap_ goes rap in this nifty burlesque. Quite funny at times, with Cundieff cleverly chiding the self-serving "street politics" of Public Enemy and 2 Live Crew.
na teknicolor
88
T9
When I doo doo is my shit not brown? Its a universal thing, we all flush it down.
na Guyver
60
T7
na torontodog
75
T8
I don't know. It just made me LMAO. What can I say?
na ZombieBuffet
70
T8
na scurry
60
T8
Intelligent, and stupid. Intelligently stupid, as a matter of fact. In short, hilarious. The music isn't bad either.
na mike615
68
T7
na RNG
64
T7
na Evolution
73
T5
na valmeade
60
T3
na Skenkere
73
T7
I think the general concensus is that this movie sucks, but I honestly think it's hilarious. It's a 50/50 mix of brilliant satire and juvenile potty humor and dick jokes. I am a fan of both of these things. Honestly, the way it skewers 90s gangsta rap is done so perfectly, so accurately, it certainly outshines CB4, and I think it gives Spinal Tap a run for its money.I lowered the rating a bit, because it doesn't stand up to multiple viewings all that well, but this movie is sorely overlooked.
na Stain
20
T2
Loud, unclever satire that's about how loud and unclever rap music is. One of the most egregious cases of the pot calling the kettle black in cinema history. Somebody please confiscate Rusty Cundieff's DGA card and all his cameras
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