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Zebrahead (1992)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 11  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Synopsis: In Detroit, Zack (Michael Rapaport), a white Jewish teen, is immersed in African. American culture. When he starts dating Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), the sister of his best friend, Dee (Deshonn Castle)--who is black--he has to face unexpected racial prejudice. Though Zack's womanizing dad... In Detroit, Zack (Michael Rapaport), a white Jewish teen, is immersed in African. American culture. When he starts dating Nikki (N'Bushe Wright), the sister of his best friend, Dee (Deshonn Castle)--who is black--he has to face unexpected racial prejudice. Though Zack's womanizing dad (Ray Sharkey) is proud of him, trouble comes from both Nikki's mother as well as Nut (Ron Johnson), another black teen in the neighborhood who wants Nikki for himself. ZEBRAHEAD was produced by Oliver Stone and was the winner of the Filmmaker's Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Michael Rapaport, Ray Sharkey, Deshonn Castle, N'Bushe Wright, Ron Johnson

Director: Anthony Drazan
Screenwriter: Anthony Drazan
Producer: Oliver Stone
Composer: Taj Mahal

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 6, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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06/24/06
Time Out
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2/5

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01/12/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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B-

The movie takes us to the two places where bigotry are both nurtured and perpetuated, the home (here single parent) and the racially diverse school, where the youngsters prove more mature and open-minded than their parents.

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09/19/06
Emanuel Levy
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08/01/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/08/05
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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2.5/5

In the absence of the usual teen-movie pyrotechnics, Zebrahead has a quiet, stagy style, more like a 1950's teleplay with a social conscience than a stormy present-day tale of racial strife.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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3.5/5

A movie more earnest and well-meaning than wholly successful, Zebrahead is still worthy of praise – if only for treating its teenagers like actual people.

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11/14/02
Scott Weinberg
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07/26/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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The shooting seems like a lame attempt to inflate a small, well-observed story with a significance it hasn't earned.

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01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Movieline
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3/4

Some of the film comes off as rather superficial, but there are moments of truth that ring throughout.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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In Anthony Drazan's enjoyably offbeat Zebrahead, racial definition is the least important thing about anybody.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The film is often overwrought, even if it is well-meaning...The ending is especially unconvincing, as it seems to switch to the end credits while still in midstream.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
TheMovieBoy.com
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3.5/5

The pulsing beats collected by music supervisor M.C. Serch...act almost as another living player in the film, imbuing it with a certitude which surely would have left Drazan's film lacking had it not been there.

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01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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The 'Okay, so what?' dissatisfied feeling does not serve this film well.

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
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Zebrahead is a thoughtful film that speaks honestly and hopefully to urban teens. Drazan has earned his stripes.

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Zebrahead is not so much a movie as notes toward a movie - a good one, judging by what's on the screen.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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