Poor White Trash

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Poor White Trash

R

2000

1h 25m

Comedy

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10 Reviews

31%

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1,000+ Ratings

A woman (Sean Young) and her boyfriend (Jason London) aid her son and his friends in a crime spree in order to raise money for a lawyer.

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Critics Consensus

Poor White Trash is silly and over-the-top, but not very funny.

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Richard Brody

New Yorker

Despite its vulgarizing touches, it's a crudely effective story about tradition and modernity, misogyny and resistance.

Mar 5, 2019

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 26, 2005

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Merle Bertrand

Film Threat

One of those guilty pleasures that has no business being as stupidly entertaining as it is.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 8, 2002

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

You rarely see a movie these days with the conviction to lock 'breezy' and 'zany' squarely in its comic crosshairs and keep it there for the entire film, or the singularity of vision to sustain such a tone. But this deliciously campy film does just that.

Rated: B

Nov 18, 2002

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Andy Klein

New Times

Hilarity should ensue, but it doesn't.

Jan 1, 2000

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Walt S

This movie was boring and unfunny.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/02/24

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Steve D

Even worse than it sounds.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Robert S. F

Fun to watch not a lot are these days...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

This movie is TERRIBLE. I can't believe that RT critics give it 60%. It has a decent cast, but I can't believe they agreed to do this movie. It has a terrible story and almost zero laughs. I don't know what possessed me to watch this awful movie, but I wish I could go back in time and smack myself for even considering watching this movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Um, wow is the only term I can think of to use to describe this film. The fact that they flat out lied to a town in order to use it for filming purposes is "amazing" in itself. I have to honestly say I've never seen anything quite like it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Terrible, just terrible. Poor White Trash is a comedy about the desperate attempt for a trailer park trash family to send their son to college by robbery. Well, it's not funny. Sean Young gave the audience a wonderful performance but there is just so much cliche, character archetypes and over the top acting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Michael Addis

Director

Sean Young

Linda Bronco

William Devane

Ron Lake

Jason London

Brian Ross

Tony Denman

Michael Bronco

Jacob Tierney

Lennie Lake

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Synopsis

A woman (Sean Young) and her boyfriend (Jason London) aid her son and his friends in a crime spree in order to raise money for a lawyer.

Director: Michael Addis
Producer: Mark Roberts, Lorena David
Screenwriter: Michael Addis
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.5K
Runtime: 1h 25m

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