Pootie Tang (2001)

Best movie of this year hands down!

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a film for those who have a warped sense of humor. Luckily for me, I fit into that category. If you enjoy films by Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Abrahams and Zucker, the Wayans Brothers or the Farrelly Brothers than this film is for you. It's odd, outlandish and dare I say, ahead of it's time. It not only features appearances by some of comedies best stand ups but future stars who had yet to shine. Written as a collaborative effort between Chris Rock and Louis C.K. this style of collaboration is a throw back to the days of "Blazing Saddles" written by Mel Brooks and THE Mr. Richard Pryor. To the casual viewer of middle age this film may seem nonsensical or as some have said downright dumb. Herein lies the problem, why some "get it" and some "dont get it". Though released over 14 years ago some people who may have been "out of the loop" then and whom today are still out of the loop and without a proper sense of zeitgeist will be watching this film saying "Wtf ?". The same can be said for classics such as "Airplane The Movie !" or any other films made by the creators I listed earlier. This type of humor relies heavily on the viewers knowledge of the pop culture he lives in even if said viewer is unaware of it. I'm not going into the movie or what it's about, I just wanted to try to explain why some people love it and some people hate it. If you were around in the 90s and enjoyed "In Living Color", "The Young Ones", "Beavis and Butthead", or even "SNL" or "South Park" I would say give this gem a chance.

I was forced to watch this piece of steaming #### while visiting a friend. He and the other guests thought this movie was the funniest movie the have ever seen. I sat through this trite excuse for a film and while my friends were laughing I sat motionless not even a smile at what according to my friends were the funniest moments of the movie. The radio chart topper which was nothing but silence??? What the hell was that? Who thought that would be funny. This film does not even fall under the category of it's so bad it's good. I hope studio executives were fired for approving this film. I urge any reading this to avoid it at all costs!

I usually love comedies which gets bashed by the reviewers but this time I agree with them. This movie was so bad that it even wasn't funny to laugh at how lousy it is. I didn't pay for it but I still regret that I saw it because I wasted time on crap.In 1993 Chris Rock did a movie called CB4 which also was about superstars rise and fall. That movie was pure genius. But this movie had a script which even a 10 year old kid could do better. There was some characters which were lovable but a disadvantage was that the main character didn't have any charm at all. I didn't have any feelings for him. He wasn't funny, interesting or likable. The jokes in this movie was all the same over and over again which just was annoying.I think Chris Rock is a hilarious comedian and I even love his movies which flopped but this one... it sure was crap.

The film started off pretty hilarious, but it got annoying over time constantly hearing pootie speak. Perhaps the creators thought that the same shtick run over and over would keep getting laughs, but I tend to think comedy needs variety and spontaneity. The PSA's done by Pootie were pretty funny I thought.This film got a 3 because of the redundancy of the humour and the fact that it was shown too many times on cinemax last summer. It's a movie to see just to say you've seen it, but it will be forgotten over time for certain. It's in a league of quickly forgotten movies such as CB-4, They Live, and Brotherhood of Justice.