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www.filmcritic.com - : In the end, Menace isn't much more than a tragedy about street life -- but it never really makes a point. If this world is so bad, why glamorize it so much? To be sure, it's in an influential and powerful story -- but it comes off as considerably more shallow than the reality it claims to portray. more...
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3.5/
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : This film is too stark and powerful to function as simple entertainment. Those that set foot in a darkened theater showing Menace II Society should prepare for a gut-wrenching, emotionally turbulent experience. It won't be a fun time -- at least not in the conventional sense -- but you'll sit through a ninety-seven minute odyssey that won't be quickly forgotten. more...
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3.5/
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Caine, the young man at the center of ''Menace II Society,'' is not an evil person in the usual sense of the word. He has a good nature and a quick intelligence, and in another world he might have turned out happy and productive. But he was not raised in a world that allowed that side of his character to develop, and that is the whole point of this powerful film. more...
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4/4
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