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Pootie Tang (2001)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:11

Rotten:30

Average Rating:3.7/10

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

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sex-related material, language and drug content

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jun 29, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $2,839,456

Synopsis: Pootie Tang is one cat who’s definitely too cool for words! Adapted from a comedy sketch on HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show,” Pootie Tang is the ultimate super hero. A cool-walking, smooth-talking... Pootie Tang is one cat who’s definitely too cool for words! Adapted from a comedy sketch on HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show,” Pootie Tang is the ultimate super hero. A cool-walking, smooth-talking ladies’ man, Pootie is a hero and role model to all children. Everybody looks up to Pootie – except the evil Dick Lecter, CEO of LecterCorp, the company that makes cigarettes, alcohol and fast food. Can Pootie’s cool determination and strength prevail over Dick Lecter and his crew? Paramount Pictures presents in association with MTV Films and Chris Rock Productions an Alphaville/3 Arts Production in association with HBO Downtown Productions, “Pootie Tang” starring Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes with Robert Vaughn and Chris Rock. The writer/director is Louis C.K. with producers Cotty Chubb, Chris Rock, David Gale and Ali LeRoi. Van Toffler, Sean Daniel, Michael Rotenberg and Dave Becky are executive producers. The cast also includes J.B. Smoove, Reg E. Cathey, Dave Attell, Andy Richter, and David Cross. The MPAA has rated this film PG-13 for sex-related material, language and drug content. Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world’s largest entertainment and media companies, and a leader in the production, promotion, and distribution of entertainment, news, sports, and music. -- © 2001 Paramount Pictures [More]

Starring: Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, David Cross, Andy Richter

Starring: Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, David Cross, Andy Richter, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn, Dave Attell, Mario Joyner, J.B. Smoove, Laura Kightlinger

Director: Louis C. K.

Director: Louis C. K.
Screenwriter: Louis C. K.
Producer: Chris Rock, Michael Rotenberg, David Gale, Caldecot Chubb
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Nov 27, 2001

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Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
12/01/01
Janet Branagan
Janet Branagan
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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03/31/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Cheaply made stuff, patently stupid and, most of the time, a pure pleasure to watch.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
06/28/01
Bob Longino
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Dull and unfunny claptrap.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/02/01
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The movie's comic powers are often marred by silliness and stereotypes.

comment Comment
06/29/01
Christopher Muther
Christopher Muther
Boston Globe
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

It's content to stay at the level of puerile humor.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/02/01
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

Not bad so much as inexplicable. You watch in puzzlement.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
06/29/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Worse than a below-average sketch-to-screen Saturday Night Live film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/28/01
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

[Pootie's] nonsense vocab eventually loses the power to impress.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
06/28/01
Dan Fazio
Dan Fazio
Citysearch

The rule is pretty simple: The thinner the skit, the thinner the big-screen spin-off.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/02/01
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/30/01
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Funny as the joke may be, it's still only one joke.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
06/29/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Runs out of gas (and gags) after the first 10 minutes.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
07/02/01
E! Online
N/R

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07/05/01
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Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/09/01
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

As brilliant as Rock can be, this material is a reflection of his shallow, moralistic side.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/28/01
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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There are bad movies, there are disappointing movies, and then there's Pootie Tang, a movie so incompetent, it almost defies description.

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08/02/01
Catharine Tunnacliffe
Catharine Tunnacliffe
eye WEEKLY

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.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/20/01
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International
N/R

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06/10/02
Stephen Himes
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