Pootie Tang
Too cool for words.
Too cool for words.
Action, Comedy
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2001
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Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
81 min
Release date:
29 Jun 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Pootie Tang works, in part, because it doesn't. Which is to say the movie's special success is inextricable from the moments where it blatantly fails. The movie exerts a beguiling charm that can only be explained as the je ne sais quoi of sa da tay.
– Nathan Lee,
Village Voice,
1 Nov 2011
fresh:
A bona fide cult object in the making.
– Dennis Lim,
Village Voice,
10 Jul 2001
fresh:
A pretty inspired and consistently witty satirical skewering of three decade's worth of macho black pop cultural cliches.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
2 Jul 2001
fresh:
Mostly an amusing exercise in black vernacular, searching for a point.
– Wesley Morris,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Jul 2001
rotten:
It would've made a great 30-minute comic short. Most of the film is padding.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
2 Jul 2001