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White Boy Rick is a hard-hitting drama about risk, greed, life and knowing to just get out when you can. As with more and more movies nowadays, you get the occasional ‘Based on the True Story’ subheading put in to elevate your immersion.
The story follows Richard Wershe Jr. who becomes an undercover informant for the FBI during ye olden times of 1980s trying to bust a drug-trafficking and illegal weapon possession charge, and it just gets worse from there.
Richie Merritt plays the aforementioned Richard and he brings a glowing performance to the screen, accompanied by his father played by Matthew McConaughey and his sister played by Bel Powley. The biggest plus for this movie is definitely the acting game here, all three of them bring something unique here to liven up this, from time to time, pretty slow movie.
Immersion is something all movies strive to achieve, through various aspects like set design, costumes, soundtrack and many more. White Boy Rick reaches that height and carries it though its whole runtime. Where the movie faulters is some plot points payout way too far in the movie to have any dire consequences.
This movie is definitely not for everyone and some may even turn it off after about 10-20 minutes. It takes its time to start and when it does, it changes speed constantly from sprinting to just a light walk. A more consistent pace would have done wonders here.
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