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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) on Netflix

R19961h 29mComedyCrime

Ashtray moves to South Central to live with his father and his gun-toting cousin Loc Dog. At a picnic he falls for Dashiki, which draws the distaste of her ex-boyfriend Toothpick.

  • Netflix3.7/5
  • IMDb6.6/1068,129 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes32%

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Sent to South Central Los Angeles, Ashtray, called Tray, lives with a father who looks no older than he does and a grandmother who smokes and talks tough. His cousin Loc Dog, who carries pistols and a nuclear warhead, teaches him about life on the streets, with the gang members Preach and Crazy Legs around. The story spoofs earlier hood movies such as Menace II Society, Juice and Boyz n the Hood. At a picnic Tray falls for Dashiki, a mother of seven, and her ex-boyfriend, the ex-convict Toothpick, does not approve. Tray means to live the straight life.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

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  • Roger Ebert gave Don't Be a Menace a "thumbs down", saying it had a few very funny scenes but that he was bothered by the satire of well-made, serious films, while Gene Siskel gave the film a "thumbs up" and felt it was a highly effective comedy.
  • Don't Be a Menace spoofs several 1990s hood films, notably Menace II Society, South Central, Juice and Boyz n the Hood, and it features cameos by actors from those films, often parodying their original roles.
  • The soundtrack album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 14, 1996, for selling 500,000 copies in the United States.
  • In 2011 Filmyard Holdings licensed the Miramax library to Netflix, a deal that included Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and ran for five years, eventually ending on June 1, 2016.
  • In February 2026, Marlon Wayans confirmed that a sequel to Don't Be a Menace will happen if the Scary Movie franchise is successful.

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