
4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but things take an unexpected turn. Only the four friends know what happened, but one of them is out for himself.... (Full plot summary below)
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4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but things take an unexpected turn. Only the four friends know what happened, but one of them is out for himself.
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| Boston GlobePatricia SmithThe film winds up taking a clear anticrime stance, and Mr. Epps ably conveys Q's trepidation about his friends' behavior. But Juice also revels in the flash, irreverence and tough-guy posturing to which the film's violence can ultimately be traced. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film is an inflammatory morality play shot through with rage and despair. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is a real terror in the faces of these kids as they realize that people have died, that guns kill, that your life can be ruined, or over, in an instant. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Dickerson, whose cinematography has been the reason Spike Lee's films look so good, has a terrific eye and some juice of his own. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksDespite the script's reliance on familiar cliches, the film never feels like an exploitation thriller, as we genuinely feel for these kids and the life they've fallen into. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperThough it is a vivid, promising piece of work from first-time director Ernest R. Dickerson, it also shows how difficult it's becoming to deal with this material in any kind of fresh manner. |
| Austin ChronicleKathleen MaherDickerson's story of street kids at risk breaks no new ground. It is better than most, but not by much. Sure looks good, though. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThough it is a vivid, promising piece of work from first-time director Ernest R. Dickerson, it also shows how difficult it's becoming to deal with this material in any kind of fresh manner. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenPoised halfway between the action conventions of "New Jack City" and the personal grit of "Straight Out of Brooklyn," Juice doesn't have the pizzaz or the insight, to satisfy as either exploitation or art. Dickerson and his fresh young cast make it move; it just doesn't move very far. |
| The Movie SleuthMichelle KisnerOne of the more interesting aspects of Juice is that all the characters are morally ambiguous which can be unsettling for some viewers. |