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Pootie Tang, 2001

Starring: Chris Rock

Directed by: Louis C. K.

Written by: Louis C. K.

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 81 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:4.5

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The mood of Pootie Tang is witty, stylized, and feel good. The plot centers around corporate crimes, a folk hero, and righting wrongs. It features silly humor. Pootie Tang is a comedy, action, and period movie. Stylistically, it involves blaxpoitation and campy humor. In approach, it is not serious. The pacing of Pootie Tang is fast. It takes place, at least partly, on a farm and in an urban environment. The setting is the USA. Pootie Tang happens in contemporary times. It is based on a TV series. It is especially suggested for teens. Note that Pootie Tang includes drugs/alcohol and profanity.

Summary of Pootie Tang

Taking a cue from Saturday Night Live, members of HBO's The Chris Rock Show make their first foray into the feature film arena with Pootie Tang. Written and directed by SNL cowriter Louis C.K. and produced by Rock, the film reintroduces the character of Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther), an inner-city role model who has a speech impediment that makes him virtually impossible to comprehend. When corporate monster Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn) learns that Pootie Tang's positive preaching is hurting the sales of his cigarettes, malt liquor, and fast food hamburger chains, he uses his sexy wife, Ireenie (Jennifer Coolidge), to lure Pootie Tang into signing an exclusive contract with him. This causes a Pootie Tang backlash, forcing him out of the inner-city, onto a farm, where he begins to accept his quiet new life. Luckily, his best friend, Trucky (J.B. Smoove), tracks him down in the nick of time, giving Pootie Tang the inspiration he needs to return to the city and reinstate order and optimism. More a series of loosely connected sketches than a straightforward story, Pootie Tang nonetheless glides along smoothly, benefiting from appearances by some of America's funniest comedians--Rock, Andy Richter, David Cross, and Laura Kightlinger.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	29 June 2001
Runtime:	81 min

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Chris Rock

as JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father

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Entertainment Weekly

Amiably silly. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

The New York Times

Pootie Tang may be raw and slovenly -- hey, it often is raw and slovenly -- but it succeeds as a laugh getter because of the spot-on satirical notes. You might say that the movie walks it like it talks it; I'm not sure what Pootie would say. Full Review

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by: A.O. Scott

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I'm sorry, but this was a terrible film for many reasons. Not good at all bad acting and very poor storyline/writing. Read and rate it

18.September.2009
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by: Adam
Adam rated this movie0/10

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