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Hustle And Flow Reviews

2005

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An aspiring emcee from the Dirty South who is trying to make it in the hip-hop world has to deal with many different types of people who try to bring him down, including strippers, his baby's mama, and all the things that try to keep a player down. This is probably his last chance to make it: he is approaching his 40s, and his .. Read more

Starring	Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson
Director	Craig Brewer
Genres	Drama

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- Hustle and Flow is about an aspiring emcee from the Dirty South (Terrence Howard) who is trying to make it in the hip-hop world has to deal with many different types of people who try to bring him down. read more »
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  I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it now.
  
  I do not posess the required vocabularly to accurateley convey just how much of a steaming heap this film really is.
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Barry Norman
  - UK
  - 04 Dec 2005 at 18:11
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  great if you have subtitles
  
  First things first, if you are not from the deep south of America I would advise watching this film with the subtitles on as, although everybody is speaking ... read more »
  
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- - bizmandan
  - 52 reviews
  - 07 Feb 2012 at 15:11
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  This ain't no Gang Banger flick
  
  If your looking for drive bys and kids with Glocks, then keep browsing, this isn't that movie.
  
  This strong character driven drama will have you ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Nottingham
  - 03 Jan 2011 at 19:03
- - 2
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  Wup that trick
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Hip Hop fans will find it hard not to give this flick props. Excuse the lingo just a side effect of watching Hustle and Flow. This picture had more character ... read more »
  
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- 927086
- - a customer
  - Midlands
  - 27 Sep 2010 at 17:44
- - 1
  - 5
  Big disappointment- don't bother!
  
  Crapness personified!
  
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- - CaramelT
  - 1 review
  - Birmingham
  - 24 Jun 2009 at 09:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Have we been hustled?
  
  I'd heard that this film was amazing, so I wanted to check it out for myself and see if was worthy of all the attention...my goodness it was! The actors are... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Birmingham
  - 23 Jan 2009 at 10:11
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  This was an ok film
  
  Quite a good film actually.... not brilliant edge of your seat stuff but after taking a little while to get in too, really enjoyed it
  
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  - Derby
  - 08 Jan 2009 at 11:29
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  - 0
  Hustle and Flow
  
  Good movie, bit slow
  
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  - London
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 22:45
- - 0
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  Half Watch-able
  
  Ok, weird the way it ends. Not really great dialogue, half decent story line for this kind of film.
  
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  - Romford
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 13:50
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  LAME HUSTLER
  
  TRY AND MAKE A STORY ABOUT A LAME ASS TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC AND BE FAMOUS
  
  POOR ATTEMPT TO MAKE A GOOD FILM ABOUT REAL ISSUES
  
  MISSED THE ... read more »
  
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- - OSo
  - 401 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 13 Oct 2008 at 14:29
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  Almost a copy of
  
  Not a bad film with some good tunes, engaging characters and a twist at the end. Recommended
  
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  - OXON
  - 19 Aug 2008 at 17:35
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  - 40
  I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it now.
  
  I do not posess the required vocabularly to accurateley convey just how much of a steaming heap this film really is.
  
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- 181543
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  - Barry Norman
  - UK
  - 04 Dec 2005 at 18:11
- - 6
  - 0
  Above average
  
  This is an above average film of a pimp turned rapper from the South.
  
  The characters are well rounded, the main character 'D-JAY' showing his... read more »
  
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  - Flintsteel
  - 42 reviews
  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  - 13 Oct 2006 at 10:21
- - 4
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  It's hard out here for a pimp
  
  Although an obvious plot, I enjoyed watching the film. Showing the real life of a pimp none of this glamour you see in the music videos. Terence Howard for me ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Birmingham, England
  - 01 Feb 2007 at 17:15
- - 3
  - 1
  Worth it just for the track
  
  I saw this in the cinema when it first came out with a few of my boys and we loved the film
  
  The story itself was good but not outstanding
  
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  - London
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 23:13
- - 2
  - 0
  Wup that trick
  
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  Hip Hop fans will find it hard not to give this flick props. Excuse the lingo just a side effect of watching Hustle and Flow. This picture had more character ... read more »
  
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- 927086
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  - Midlands
  - 27 Sep 2010 at 17:44
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  Enjoy
  
  It’s a watchable flick although I needed subtitles until about half way in! The plot is a little clinched to say the least and a touch gratuitous in parts... read more »
  
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- - Kla
  - 9 reviews
  - London, England
  - 26 Jun 2006 at 14:45
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  hmmmm, not sure!!!
  
  This film is worth watching just to gaze at Terence yum yum and to listen to the fantastic soundtrack. The story starts very slowly and they could of put so ... read more »
  
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- - helenka wolska
  - Leicester, England
  - 23 Apr 2006 at 01:43
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  ok to watch
  
  A bit slow to start with got better as the film went on.
  
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- - tait
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  - Swindon
  - 23 Apr 2006 at 19:57
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  Very Slow Start
  
  You really have to tolerate the start, it does get better!
  
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  - Lowestoft, Suffolk
  - 10 May 2006 at 13:10
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  Pimpin' Ain't Easy!
  
  I found this to be an enjoyable movie. The main drawback is the 'cuddly' portrayal of pimping. Obviously in reality the only way pimps could retain ... read more »
  
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- - Ed
  - North London
  - 21 May 2006 at 19:06

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Critics' reviews
- Hustle and Flow is about an aspiring emcee from the Dirty South (Terrence Howard) who is trying to make it in the hip-hop world has to deal with many different types of people who try to bring him down. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
  - LOVEFiLM
- The best thing HUSTLE & FLOW has going for it is Terrence Howard's powerful performance.The urban setting is grittily real. We can almost feel the sticky heat
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- - USA Today
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- HUSTLE & FLOW transcends its gangsterfied origins to become an unexpected contemplation on the transformative power of art
- 40409
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Things go brutally wrong for DJay but hauntingly right for Brewer and Howard, who create explosive entertainment
- 40408
- - Rolling Stone
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Sympathy for the pimp is a problematic basis for a movie, but not an impossible one; the trouble with âHustle read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19

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  A gritty fairy tale of dreams deferred, HUSTLE & FLOW infuses the torpor of the Memphis ghetto with electric tension. Terrence DaShon Howard delivers the performance of a lifetime as DJay, a pimp and drug dealer eking out an existence with his three whores, one of whom, Shug (Taraji P. Henson, ...

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  An aspiring emcee from the Dirty South who is trying to make it in the hip-hop world has to deal with many different types of people who try to bring him down, including strippers, his baby's mama, and all the things that try to keep a player down. This is probably his last chance to make it: he is ...