Straight Out of Brooklyn

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Straight Out of Brooklyn

R,

1991,

1h 31m,

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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60%

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500+ Ratings

When Dennis (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), the oldest son of an impoverished family living in a Brooklyn housing project, decides to earn some quick money by robbing a drug dealer, he gets caught up in much more than he bargained for. The stolen briefcase is filled with thousands of dollars in cash. Despite his concern, Dennis intends to use the money to move his family into a better neighborhood. But things take a turn for the worse when the dealer and his henchmen track Dennis down.

Michael O'Pray

Sight & Sound

Feb 6, 2020

Straight Out of Brooklyn is not a glittering debut, but it does have a low-budget, first-time energy which sets it apart from much mainstream work.

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Anthony Lane

Independent (UK)

Jan 4, 2018

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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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

The edges are rough and the ending is simply a slogan printed on the screen. But the truth is there, and echoes after the film is over.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jan 5, 2023

Its grand virtue is that it thinks, then exists, with vibrant intensity. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

May 24, 2011

C-

Awfully difficult to watch outside of its 1991 womb, with its limitations cringe-inducing, reducing a powerful statement of frustration to no-budget After School Special.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Dec 2, 2006

B-

Though amateurish and technically raw, the film offers a fresh insider's view of the disintegration of one black family, serving as a microcosm of the entire inner-city black community

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Luke M

Mar 10, 2011

Though amateurish and technically raw, the film offers a fresh-at-that-time insider's view of the disintegration of one black family, serving as a microcosm of the entire inner-city black community.

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Matty Rich

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George T. Odom

Ray Brown

Ann D. Sanders

Frankie Brown

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Dennis Brown

Barbara Sanon

Carolyn Brown

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Synopsis

When Dennis (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), the oldest son of an impoverished family living in a Brooklyn housing project, decides to earn some quick money by robbing a drug dealer, he gets caught up in much more than he bargained for. The stolen briefcase is filled with thousands of dollars in cash. Despite his concern, Dennis intends to use the money to move his family into a better neighborhood. But things take a turn for the worse when the dealer and his henchmen track Dennis down.

Director: Matty Rich
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Aug 1, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Surround

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