White Boy Rick (2018)

6.6	Rating (46 ratings)
6.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Yann Demange

Starring (View all)

Matthew McConaughey
Richard Wershe Sr.

Richie Merritt
Rick Wershe Jr.

Bel Powley
Dawn Wershe

Jennifer Jason Leigh
FBI Agent Snyder

Brian Tyree Henry
Detective Jackson

Rory Cochrane
FBI Agent Byrd

RJ Cyler
Rudell 'Boo' Curry

Jonathan Majors
Johnny 'Lil Man' Curry

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Logan Miller
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Noah Miller
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6 years, 8 months ago at Sep 23 20:14

soulistic

Wow. This movie makes you so.....shocked.... It was amazing and loved it. After watching the movie it was haunting I wikipedia and googled for more information.

Poor Rick. He lost a lot of his life. His father passed. His grandfather and grandmother. So tragic. But at least he is free and ready for life.

An average movie

11 months, 1 week ago at Jun 16 10:40

johanlefourbe

Since it did sound like an intriguing story and since it was starring Matthew McConaughey, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though there is no doubt that it was quite a fascinating story, this movie itself was not bad but not really much more than that, I’m afraid. The first mistake they made, in my opinion, was they failed to clearly established who was actually Richard Wershe... read more

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The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Release date: 14 September 2018

Tags: Crime (2), Drugs (1), Film (1), Matthew McConaughey (1), Movie (1), 1980s (1), Based On A True Story (1), Columbia Pictures (1), 2010's (1), 2018 (1), Richie Merritt (1), Richard Wershe Jr. (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 11 months, 1 week ago

An average movie

“Since it did sound like an intriguing story and since it was starring Matthew McConaughey, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though there is no doubt that it was quite a fascinating story, this movie itself was not bad but not really much more than that, I’m afraid. The first mistake they made, in my opinion, was they failed to clearly established who was actually Richard Wershe Sr. from the very start. Seriously, it took me so much time to figure this out. Basically, he was a poor guy who sold some weapons but then, why on Earth did Rick Wershe Jr. go to sell these AK47’s to these notorious thugs when he was just 15 years old at the time? So, the introduction was not really strong and during the rest of the movie, I think Yann Demange never really figured out which di” read more