The film opened with rave responses from the black community. African-American audience members were thrilled to attend the screening of a movie filled with black actors about a black film genre. "I’m Gonna Git You Sucka" received critical receptions that were wide-ranging and numerous in viewpoint. To the urban public, the parody film perfectly captured the era of blaxploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s. Critics also noted Wayans’ ability to satirically capture the era of the “Buck” in blaxploitation film: the white man's notion of the all-powerful brutal black man.