It's like Larry Clark's Kids by way of Kevin Smith's Clerks by way of the pop-driven unruliness of early Scorsese films like Mean Streets and Who's That Knocking at My Door. Based on Hill's own past as a teenage misfit who carved out a place for himself in L.A.'s skateboard culture, the film is a crude assemblage of popular influences - some from filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Gus Van Sant, who have cast Hill as an actor, and some from indie touchstones from his youth. Written and directed by Jonah Hill, Mid90s is an astroturf movie, though it's spackled with enough truth to feel like the real thing. (It's derived from AstroTurf, the synthetic carpeting that stands in for natural grass in some sporting venues.) Though the term has been abused by partisans and conspiracists inclined to slag political adversaries as paid protestors, it's still an evocative shorthand for faux-authenticity, the "fuzzy concrete" that stands in for the brilliant green emerging from the soil. In the political world, the term "astroturfing" refers to a protest movement that's made to appear like an organic expression of grassroots anger, but reveals itself to be bankrolled by deep-pocketed organizations. London was born and raised in Los Angeles, and she said as part of a Netflix promotional interview that she especially enjoyed the opportunity to highlight some of her favorite childhood hotspots in You People.She said see you later boy: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) stars in Jonah Hill's Mid90s. The venue? Los Angeles’ iconic Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles.” Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy in Netflix’s “You People.” Image source: Tyler Adams/Netflix ‘Masters at their craft’
For proof, look no further than the film’s teaser, which shows Hill facing off with Murphy and Long as Ezra asks Amira’s parents for permission to propose. “The ability to mercilessly interfere with their children’s lives - with hilarious results. “The one thing they have in common?” a promotional piece from the streamer teases about the movie. Ezra’s are Jewish and (per Netflix) “semi-woke” parents, played by David Duchovny and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, while Amira’s are Muslim and “unyielding” (played by Eddie Murphy and Nia Long). Once the shock wears off, there’s an offer of a date, and the two quickly and easily hit it off.Įventually, it’s time to meet the families.
Hill’s Ezra Cohen accidentally gets into someone’s car (belonging to Amira, played by Lauren London), after mistakenly assuming she’s his rideshare. That new movie - Kenya Barris’ directorial debut, which hits Netflix on January 27 - was co-written by Barris and Hill, and it puts a twist on the familiar “meet the parents” storyline involving two lovers, this time with the inclusion of a culture clash.
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