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WHITE BOY RICKY – Review by Diane Carson

October 4, 2018 Diane Carson 0 Comments white boy ricky, Yann demange

In mid-1980s Detroit, with few, if any, prospects for a comfortable life, Rich Wershe Sr. deals handguns and AK-47s. To keep his father from prosecution, fourteen-year-old Ricky gravitates to drug dealing, soon pressured to work as an FBI informant. Ricky balks, quits and then starts up on his own, selling the African-American community in which he is accepted.

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WHITE BOY RICKY – Review by Susan Granger

September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 Susan Granger 0 Comments white boy ricky

Despite an intriguing premise, this true crime thriller fails to deliver, primarily because the trio of screenwriters don’t maintain a focused vision, wavering between a fractured family saga and the rise-and-fall of a crime lord. Since nothing is fleshed out, it’s not emotionally involving.