Fresh
It's kind of a conventional story, but it's told in such a unique way and the locations in Memphis all feel very authentic.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Hustle & Flow
Everybody gotta have a dream.
2005 · 1h 56m · R
Crime, Drama, Music
Directed by
Craig Brewer
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Hustle & Flow
Overview
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Director and cast
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83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Hustle & Flow suspends you in its spell of mood, of feeling, of climate. It's a pop picture that finds its richness in peeling down to the essentials of good storytelling.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Fresh
Watching as a pimp, a pothead and a pregnant hooker play and sing in a makeshift bedroom recording studio, and becoming increasingly caught up in their determination and hope, it's impossible not to think that this is a part of the American Dream, too.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
Every now and then, Brewer pulls off a near-miracle with his flinty characters: He lets us, for a moment, slip into their lives -- and sing their song.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Unlikely as this may sound, Hustle & Flow -- about a low-down Memphis pimp who wants to be a rapper -- is the feel-good movie of the summer.
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
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