Rolling Stone
"...Bracing performances from a cast of newcomers....JUICE is an exciting, disturbing movie that pulses with feeling..." 02/06/1992 p.89New York Times
"...[Dickerson] has a terrific eye and some juice of his own....[He] elicits warm, uncomplicated performances from his actors..." 01/17/1992 p.C10 USA Today
"...An urgent, pulsating tone..." 01/17/1992 p.4D Entertainment Weekly
"...The film is an inflammatory morality play shot through with rage and despair....[Dickerson] is a born filmmaker. He captures the jittery, combative rhythm of a way of life..." 01/24/1992 p.34 Los Angeles Times
"...A vivid, promising piece of work..." 01/17/1992 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Much of the strength of the film comes from the actors....Dickerson finds a rhythm that uses the visuals instead of just flaunting them..." 01/17/1992 p.37 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
... The scene-setting opening moments of Juice seem almost too picturesque, but then we feel the underlying logic of the story, and Dickerson finds a rhythm that uses the visuals instead of just flaunting them. Juice...is like a reaction to years of movies that have glamorized urban violence. There is a real terror in the faces of these kids as they realize that people have died, that guns kill... - Roger Ebert
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