I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka 1988

Janet Maslin, New York Times: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a lively but uncertain mixture of nostalgia, silliness and genuinely unpredictable humor. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: In many respects this is a black counterpart to The Naked Gun, and very nearly as funny; the bounty of antimacho gags is both unexpected and refreshing. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Although, like all good satires, it is cheerfully willing to be offensive, it is almost completely incapable of being funny. Read more

Wally Hammond, Time Out: The greatest pleasure comes from seeing '70s veterans send themselves up. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Wayans' choosing to play romantic lead seems more narcissistic than smartly comic (watch him unleash those built biceps once too often); he lacks an unidentifiable shtick. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: It's not that Wayans lacks wit, it's that he's stomped it to death. Read more