White Boy Rick is a 2018 American biographical crime drama film directed by Yann Demange. Based on a true story, the film stars Richie Merritt as Richard Wershe Jr. who in the 1980s became the youngest FBI informant ever at the age of 14. The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, and Piper Laurie. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018 and was released in the United States on September 14, 2018.
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White Boy Rick is a 2018 American biographical crime drama film directed by Yann Demange and written by Andy Weiss, and Logan and Noah Miller. Based on a true story, the film stars Richie Merritt as Richard Wershe Jr. who in the 1980s became the youngest FBI informant ever at the age of 14. The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, and Piper Laurie. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018 and was released in the United States on September 14, 2018, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over USD 25 million, USD 4 million short of its USD 29 million dollar budget. It is set in 1984 Detroit during the height of the crack epidemic and war on drugs.
Ricky is a struggling single father living in 1984. His dissatisfied daughter, Dawn, leaves their home, leaving Rick alone with his son, Ricky. Rick manufactures gun parts and sells guns illegally to make ends meet. He involves his son in a sale of silenced AK-47s with local gangster, Johnny Curry. The two become good friends which earns the favor of Johnny and his crew. News of Rick’s activity attracts attention from the FBI and soon, two agents, Alex Snyder and Frank Byrd, come to his home to question him. They see his son as a potential asset due to his connections with the criminal underworld. They convince Ricky to become an undercover drug informant behind his father’s back in exchange for money and immunity for his father.
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