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Hustle And Flow
2005
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful rapper... Read more
| Starring | Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson |
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| Director | Craig Brewer |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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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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HUSTLE & FLOW transcends its gangsterfied origins to become an unexpected contemplation on the transformative power of art
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Things go brutally wrong for DJay but hauntingly right for Brewer and Howard, who create explosive entertainment
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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40 out of 71 people found this review helpful
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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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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 sensitive family side that I'm sure all pimps have hidden under the lime-green fur coat.
Seriously though, the music's not bad - the acting is great, and although seems quite low budget overall show's no gaps in production.
Please note - the scenes where recording takes place is nothing like the real world !
Worth a watch if you like 50 cent etc. avoid if you dislike swearing. -
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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 delivered a convincing performance. I loved the soundtrack, that alone gets 4 stars.
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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 sensitive family side that I'm sure all pimps have hidden under the lime-green fur coat.
Seriously though, the music's not bad - the acting is great, and although seems quite low budget overall show's no gaps in production.
Please note - the scenes where recording takes place is nothing like the real world !
Worth a watch if you like 50 cent etc. avoid if you dislike swearing. -
ok to watch
A bit slow to start with got better as the film went on.
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40 out of 71 people found this review helpful
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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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
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 sensitive family side that I'm sure all pimps have hidden under the lime-green fur coat.
Seriously though, the music's not bad - the acting is great, and although seems quite low budget overall show's no gaps in production.
Please note - the scenes where recording takes place is nothing like the real world !
Worth a watch if you like 50 cent etc. avoid if you dislike swearing. -
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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 delivered a convincing performance. I loved the soundtrack, that alone gets 4 stars.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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
The thing that MADE the film for us was watching 'Whup that trick' being created
We just looked at each after the scene finished and all said 'NO WAY!' 'THAT WAS SICK!' and sorts of random exuberant praise
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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 much more into it, however, towards the end it does pick up. If you are deciding whether to watch it, do get it and stick with it. Mmmmm, have I mentioned Terence...
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ok to watch
A bit slow to start with got better as the film went on.
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Very Slow Start
You really have to tolerate the start, it does get better!
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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 their ladies is by beating, oppressing them and getting them on hard drugs!
Despite all this Hustle & Flow is watchable, with a cool almost-70's like aesthetic (think Jackie Brown). The rapping's a bit dodgy, but thankfully the main focus is the characters development and not the music. -
Terrible
Oh god this is a terrible film, after 30 minutes I still didnt have a clue what it was about and I was bored, dont bother with this film.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Language Difficulties...
We couldn't understand what the characters were saying. Mumbled dialogue, bizarre accents, gangsta slang...where were the subtitles for English, clueless, middle-class viewers? We turned off after the first 10 minutes in complete confusion...
Critics' reviews (4)
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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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HUSTLE & FLOW transcends its gangsterfied origins to become an unexpected contemplation on the transformative power of art
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Things go brutally wrong for DJay but hauntingly right for Brewer and Howard, who create explosive entertainment
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Sympathy for the pimp is a problematic basis for a movie, but not an impossible one; the trouble with Hustle read more on Time Out
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