Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.5/10· 66K votes
Rotten Tomatoes32%
Metacritic53%
TMDb7/10· 2K votesWith 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
Cast of Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Shawn Wayans
as Ashtray
Marlon Wayans
as Loc Dog
Tracey Cherelle Jones
as Dashiki
Chris Spencer
as Preach
Vivica A. Fox
as Ashtray's Mother
Lahmard J. Tate
as Ashtray's Father
Rappin' Granny
as Sister Williams
Suli McCullough
as Crazy Legs
Bernie Mac
as Officer Self Hatred
Faizon Love
as Rufus
Keenen Ivory Wayans
as Mailman
Kim Wayans
as Mrs. Johnson
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood facts
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $20.9M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Satirical humor skewers 1990s crime-comedy genre conventions
- •Authentic hood dialogue captures cultural specificity effectively
- •Self-aware irreverence delivers comedic edge throughout
What the audience disliked
- •Dated humor sensibilities may not resonate with modern viewers
- •Thin character development prioritizes jokes over personality
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