Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

RubicksCubeMonkey After watching the fourth season of the Boondocks it became painfully clear Aaron Mcgruder was what kept this show alive. The first three seasons where clever and while still clearly parodies of specific pop culture areas it was done in such a way that it felt more like they were inspired by a particular reference rather than a straight out parody. With the lose of Aaron Mcgruder after season 3 all the subtlety in this show seems to have departed as well. Episodes now are clear parodies that try to survive on being connected and relevant rather than crafting a story based around a topic and characters have become a lot more two dimensional, relying on the stereotypes of there role from previous seasons rather than growing and changing like they did in the earlier seasons. Really I didn't laugh half as much in season four as I did in the other seasons.

gigadragon12 I give the Boondocks a 10 out of 10.This show is awesome. To set up, the show follows the exploits of Huey, a cynical down to earth minded character that serves as the proper moral spinal cord, who most of the time has to clean up after his brother, Riley, what you could call the representative of gangsta wannabe kids, and Grandpa, a wild and destructively optimistic and under minding parent figure, in Huey and Riley's lives, as they get into wacky and more often than not, social and political situations that challenge the thinking of the subject.Its sort of like Family Guy when it was good, mixed with the Wayan Brothers, mixed with action fantasy anime. The animation in this is top of the line, while most of the time it will be spent in the Adult Comedy section of things were most of the morals and questions will be raised, Huey is a master of the Katana, and more than one character seems to be trained in Martial Arts, which results in some of the most BAD ASS fights seen in mainstream action movies or TV shows today. So more like Family Guy mixed with Wayan Brothers mixed with Afro Ninja.This show is by and far the greatest adult animation on TV today, and if you've missed out on any of the wacky and challenging situations that these characters get into, then you've missed some of the most awesome action scenes, incredibly thoughtful and funny plotting and storyline, and great stabs at what has become culturally acceptable.Watch it! 10/10

Zeke Pliskin One white man's review.I was originally put off watching 'The Boondocks' when it was denounced as racist and condescending by a couple of mutual friends who were greater TV addicts than I was at the time. You know the kind: always wanting to be in on the next great thing before everyone else so they can have the smug pleasure of recommending it to you. Upon closer inspection, however, not only is their assessment incorrect, they missed out a whole lot of good points the show has.No, the show is not racist at all. Creator and writer Aaron McGruder treats all races with an even hand, showing up their flaws while contrasting their humanities and take on life. He shows us there are white men who hate black men, there are black men that love white men, there are white men that love black culture so much they assimilate it, there are black men who fit gangland stereotypes (Riley) and there are black men trying to find a balance between the cultures (Huey, the voice of the creator). The word 'nigga' turns up a lot in the show but that doesn't mean there's an insult or slur implied - it's just conversational, like calling someone mate or blood or bro - although it is exactly the kind of weapon that overly-conservative types have used without having taken the time to watch properly. Shame on them.What's good about the show? Quite a lot, actually. Production values are very, very high. Animation, while not overly technical, uses vibrant colours, scenic settings and is very smooth, having a likable Manga inflection for the two kid hero leads and the action sequences. Voice talent is in abundance. A couple of voice actors from my favourite show, Futurama, appear here - John DiMaggio and Billy West - as well as the legendary Samuel L, who I personally never tire of. All the performances are excellent and add depth to even the most basic of lines.The plots don't quite match the glossy production but they are within striking distance, and often leave the viewer dumbstruck. Very powerful stuff, all told. And did I mention the music? Not only does 'The Boondocks' have one of the best theme songs I've heard (Asheru's line "I am the stone that the builder refused / I am the visual, the inspiration that makes ladies sing the blues" is one hell of a way to open a television program), McGruder tends to pepper the episodes with choice bits of hip-hop and incidental score which seamlessly mix in. I'd recommend picking up 'Hip-Hop Docktrine' parts I and II if you like what you hear.What's bad about the show? Mostly, that it does what a lot of great art should do - pushes boundaries and forces viewers to reconsider their core values. Through the ages this kind of behaviour makes people uncomfortable. I think that's a good thing so why would I list it as a bad thing? Simply put, shows of this type tend to ruffle so many feathers that funding dries up way before the show peaks. I see 'The Boondocks' as getting ever-closer to combining all the intentions and styles into a cohesive unit, but with Cartoon Network failing to broadcast the last two episodes of the second season it doesn't look so good. It may not get picked up for another season and to lose it now would be a damn shame. I feel although the show is damn good, it has started hinting it could be so much more. The potential is there.If you want something that entertains and challenges in equal measure and don't mind seeing every race under the sun satirised for comic relief, you might just love this. All thirty episodes are worthy of any viewer who has an open mind willing for more than the trite, non-challenging tripe we're wading through right now. As something of a liberal, that works for me.

Sheldonshells An antidote for an ailing contemporary black mainstream culture, Aaron McGruder's comic stip turned TV show offers finally much needed criticism of a culture jaded and leaden with ennui from years of unmitigated platitude. Whether it's played out gangsta pop, the "coonery" imagery of movies like soul plane, constant images of bling and brand flashing rappers and just plain flashing from half naked women in music videos, the resurgence of lame black stereotypes, this show satirizes all that garbage and in the process partially sanitizes the dirt and grime of mainstream black culture. To be fair, this show offers a number of new and old black stereotypes itself, but almost always they are presented as satire–though sometimes they are presented as just extreme sick jokes, like the character of Uncle Ruckus, whose basically the most submissive, uncle Tom, self-hating black man you would ever meet.Boondocks replaces Family Guy and Southpark as the animated show with the sharpest bite. With its gratuitous use of the words "nigger" or "nigga", bitch, and constant cussing beeps, the show deals in frank language, which is congruent with the general straight up frankness of the entire show. One of the great things about the it is this appeal of candour–such a refreshing break from the norm of most black TV shows--or any other kind of show for that matter. It doesn't relent on any issue. But the show has a contradictory deliverance of satirical message and apathetic nihilism. Then again, the fact that the show highlights the often undiscussed assaults on the black collective consciousness (I glad that someone finally cited the problems of BET and movies like Soul Plane)is enough to redeem it. Many shows are satirical, and there have been black satirical shows too. What's truly innovative about it has more to do with its style. A silk road is paved between the animation form and the show's content. The combination of Eastern influenced animation and the black American themes is something new to our culture It's the first black themed TV show that I ever saw animated in the anime style. The manga inspired fight scenes are particularly enjoyable to watch. I mentioned that this was an antidote for an ailing contemporary black mainstream culture; well, I'll modify that and declare it is an antidote for an ailing mainstream culture as well, because it doesn't only attack aspects of black culture. It's always such a relief when something comes along and kicks the bull---- out of the mindlessness of the current state of affairs. Two of McGruder's chief influences did it: All in the Family and Monty Python. So maybe somewhere deep down in himself, McGruder reverently strives for the greatness of his favorites comedies on the edge as he irreverently attacks the things he despises. The Boondocks is a likely candidate to be in those high ranks.