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Pootie Tang (2001)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 30

Based as it is on a short skit, Pootie Tang overstays its welcome.

42

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 11

Based as it is on a short skit, Pootie Tang overstays its welcome.

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
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Movie Info

This comic spoof is spun off from a character that first appeared on The Chris Rock Show, and is written and directed by Louis C.K., one of that show's producers. Lance Crouther stars as Pootie Tang, a crime fighting superhero and recording artist who speaks in an unintelligible gibberish that seems to be a combination of Ebonics and street slang. Despite his communication problem, Pootie is a hero to children, whom he attempts to protect from the evil Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn), a corporate

PG-13, 1 hr. 21 min.

Comedy

Louis C. K.

Nov 27, 2001

$2.8M

Paramount Pictures

Cast

All Critics (50) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (30) | DVD (9)

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.

November 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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A bona fide cult object in the making.

July 10, 2001 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
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A pretty inspired and consistently witty satirical skewering of three decade's worth of macho black pop cultural clichés.

July 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
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Mostly an amusing exercise in black vernacular, searching for a point.

July 2, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
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It would've made a great 30-minute comic short. Most of the film is padding.

July 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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This astonishingly unfunny Paramount comedy is burdened with writing, direction and acting that would cause Ed Wood to wince.

July 2, 2001 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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Writer-director Louis C.K. (I wouldn't give my correct name either) was named on Entertainment Weekly's "It List," proving that entertainment is in a bad way.

March 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment (1)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Pootie is such an original, utterly absurd conception that, however one may hesitate over superfluous matters of good taste or (horrors!) political correctness, anyone with an ounce of humor will find it impossible not to succumb in gales of laughter.

August 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

There are bad movies, there are disappointing movies, and then there's Pootie Tang, a movie so incompetent, it almost defies description.

August 2, 2001 Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | Comment

Its humor tires not too long after the beginning credits have finished rolling.

July 11, 2001 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Pootie Tang

Pootie Tang is quite possibly one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen. I'm talking dumb as a bowl of mice dumb and I laughed my ass off at this movie. I would've loved to see a raunchier R-rated version but watching Wanda Sykes dance (and just Wanda Sykes in general) more than made up for that. Pootie Tang also

November 20, 2006
mjgildea

Super Reviewer

Why haven't I reviewed this movie yet? I've seen years ago, and it still makes me smile when I think of it. Looking through other Flixter reviews, it seems people love this movie, but are afraid to give it a good rating. "Stupid..." they rant, ..."but can't help but laugh". I'm sorry, but if a comedy makes you

February 3, 2010
timandterrybarker

Super Reviewer

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