Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money. The women work every night, hustle hard, turn over all their earnings, and steal anything they can from clients. We meet a few of the women, who tell us what they want from a pimp. We also li... (Full plot summary below)
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Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money. The women work every night, hustle hard, turn over all their earnings, and steal anything they can from clients. We meet a few of the women, who tell us what they want from a pimp. We also listen to a women who's legally employed at a Nevada brothel; we meet her White boss, a legal pimp. He and the street pimps, some of whom are now retired, make the case for legalizing the trade.
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| Apollo GuideScott WeinbergBy the time the movie ends we're left wondering if perhaps we weren't just celebrating these predators. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSupple and engrossing, a liquid-smooth street-rap testimonial. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyA disappointing docu debut drom the gifted Hughes brothers, a soft, uncritical exploration of pimps that ignores issues of race, misogyny and violence; helmers seem carried away by the "exotic" lifestyle of this morally dubious profession. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardGenuinely entertaining and, thanks to a well of self-deluded quotes from the men, shockingly funny. |
| Portland OregonianKim MorganWhat we are left with is a mildly entertaining "man on the street" gloss, seasoned with fragments from blaxploitation movies and music by Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye and others. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanAlternately mind-expanding and brain-numbing. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanOne gets a pungent look at what makes being a pimp look attractive to some people in certain circumstances. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrAmerican Pimp, if not quite a self-serving orgy of self-justification, can hardly be thought of as a searching look at the skin trade. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's funny stuff, though most of the pimps seem like such buffoons it's hard to imagine how they actually make a living. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe dehumanizing aspect of pimping is what's scariest about the Hughes brothers' investigation--so powerful the filmmakers realize they need only to record it. |
