# Movies that have accurately represented your ethnicity. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831 "2007-02-04T22:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831/41 "2007-02-08T02:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] But, that aside, I’d say that _Sling Blade_ was as honest a look at some aspects of The South (even though Arkansas is more likely the region to be discussed) as any movie I can think of. You don’t run into a Carl-type character everyday, especially out wandering around and fixing lawnmowers, but the other characters are certainly believable and to an extent representative. [/QUOTE] _Sling Blade_ is the first thing that came to mind, being from Arkansas myself. The other movie Billy Bob Thornton wrote back then that’s set in (and also was filmed in) Arkansas, _One False Move_, also gets lots of it right. And my college classmate [Natalie Canerday](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133882/) was in both (as the boy’s mother in _Sling Blade_, and the sherriff’s wife in _One False Move_), which somehow adds to the sense of familiarity. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831/42 "2007-02-08T02:40:42Z")
It’s not an ethnicity, and it’s a cheesy movie, but **Volcano** was pure L.A. An Angelyne billboard (destroyed in such a way that it looks as if she’s gyrating on stage). Dennis Woodruff’s car (mired in flaming lava). The train driver reading “How to Sell Your Screenplay.” The “Mark Fuhrman” firefighter vs. homeboy from the hood. The Hard Rock Cafe giving free food and t-shirts to survivors. The local news choosing to do a segment on the victims “who can’t tell us where it hurts” (animals). The scramble to save art from the LACMA. Every minute of it had me nodding and saying, “Oh, yeah.” ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831/43 "2007-02-08T02:52:09Z")
I’d have to say the first movie I had ever seen that seemed to capture the mood and tone of old-school Bikers is [Mask](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/) with **Sam Elliot** and **Cher**. Many of their friends seem like people I have known. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831/44 "2007-02-08T03:35:45Z")
Not an entire movie, but snippets of **Beerfest** , especially the Grandma’s house and the Bad Guy (Jurgen Prochow) who is Bavarian, caught parts of the German culture to a T. Whomever wrote the movie really captured off-the-boat germans cliches perfectly. My inlaws would not find this movie funny, but we cracked up. **My Big Fat Greek Wedding** was another one that transends all nationalities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-accurately-represented-your-ethnicity/390831.md?page=2)