
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.... (Full plot summary below)
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Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.
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| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekExcruciatingly unfunny...an astonishingly awful movie. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellSucceeds as a laugh getter because of the spot-on satirical notes. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardPretty thin feature-film subject. But the silliness is so contagious that it doesn't matter. |
| Village VoiceDennis LimWeirdest, funniest studio release of the summer so far and a bona fide cult object in the making. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottPootie Tang may be raw and slovenly -- hey, it often is raw and slovenly -- but it succeeds as a laugh getter because of the spot-on satirical notes. You might say that the movie walks it like it talks it; I'm not sure what Pootie would say. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs brilliant as Rock can be, this material is a reflection of his shallow, moralistic side. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereA pretty inspired and consistently witty satirical skewering of three decade's worth of macho black pop cultural clichés. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThe shtick based on whether other people understand him is subtle enough for 79 minutes. |
| TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsAcouple of well-earned laughs but ultimately overstays its welcome. |
| Boxoffice MagazineShlomo SchwartzbergIt's content to stay at the level of puerile humor. |