A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.... (Full plot summary below)
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A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.
Leave your thoughts about Fear of a Black Hat.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFear of a Black Hat, which treats rap with the same droll dubiousness that This is Spinal Tap provided for heavy metal, is not as fearless and sharp-edged as it could be - but it provides a lot of laughs, and barbecues a few sacred cows. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliUsing parody as its means, Fear of a Black Hat has a lot to say about the exploitation that surrounds the rap music business. This movie is not tightly-scripted or elegantly produced, but it is (for the most part) highly entertaining. For those who have been waiting for a sequel to Spinal Tap, this may be the best alternative. |
| Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisFear of a Black Hat is not brilliant, but it's bright enough. |
| The Film YapNick RogersIt lampoons the luminaries, yes, but gives their authentic anger, which came from a real place, the benefit of gentler nudges. Its greatest fury lambastes losers who embraced a gangster rap ethos to build a bank account, not let loose a battle cry. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinFlattering the daylights out of Rob Reiner and his Spinal Tap crew, Rusty Cundieff turns Fear of a Black Hat into an unapologetic Spinal Tap imitation. And there's no point in faulting Mr. Cundieff for such derivativeness, because Fear of a Black Hat is too savvy and cheerful to warrant complaints. |
| TV Guide MagazineSeth KaufmanBorrowing intelligently from This Is Spinal Tap, writer-director-actor Rusty Cundieff has crafted a mock music documentary that is as irreverent, hilarious, and tough-minded as its model. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMichael SnyderA very funny pseudo-documentary about the rise and fall and rise of N.W.H., a fictitious rap group. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawCundieff is perhaps most adept at skewering rap's self-important politics through Ice Cold's wonderfully improbable explanations of how songs such as 'Booty Juice' actually contain an important social message. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFear of a Black Hat never achieves the dizzying cinema verite swirl that made Spinal Tap such a timeless satire. Many of the jokes are too literal (a goof on Vanilla Ice named Vanilla Sherbet). Still, Cundieff has what nearly every commentator on the rap scene has lacked: a first-class bull detector. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThe best hip-hop film of all, taking on obvious targets (misogynist lyrics) and sacred cows (political rap) alike. |
