Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1975 Wide
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Stand-up comedy legend Rudy Ray Moore's foul-mouthed rap routines took many of the elements of blaxploitation films -- pimps, gangsters, and sex -- to their hilarious limits. It was only natural that he should take his stage persona to the big screen as Dolemite, the "baddest" cool cat in town. Dolemite is a wrongly accused clubowner who is set up by arch-rival Willie Green (D'Urville Martin, who directed) and sent to jail. A madam named Queen Bee (Lady Reed) gets him released on the condition
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Apr 27, 1999
Xenon
All Critics (7) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (4) | DVD (4)
A classic among lovers of truly bad movies.
Not as good as "The Human Tornado" but absolutely essential as a cornerstone of Blaxploitation cinema.
So badly made, it's mesmerizing. Classic cinematic cheese.
This is not a good or enjoyable movie, no matter what the hip guy in your film class says.
What's cool with a movie like Dolemite, a pure product of the everything goes 1970s, is how free and uninhibited it is.
Not as fun as other flicks with good ol Rudy, but it's pretty much a mandatory stop for any fan of blaxploitation cinema.
July 17, 2011
Super Reviewer
"I'm gonna let 'em know that Dolemite is my name, and fuckin' up mother fuckers is my game!" It's memorable lines such as this that I could use as evidence to support the argument that this is probably what it would have looked like had Edward D. Wood, Jr. directed a blaxploitation film. In fact, that's a great way to
June 14, 2010Super Reviewer
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