Review of Patti Cake$ (2017) by Jon C — 21 Nov 2017

Danielle Macdonald as Killer P or Patti Cake$ makes for a truly breakout role as underdog wanna-be rapper.

It's the only thing she has living in the dumps of New Jersey with her sick aunt, dead end job as a bartender and ex-star alcoholic of a mother.

She wants to be a professional rapper so with the help of her friend Danny and a lone music maker Basterd she plans to make that dream come true.

It's full of the clichés we've seen but Macdonald knocks it out of the park with her big heart and passion to speak her own life's truth.

I found a lot of the music beats very enjoyable even tapping my feet to a few of the songs, they have that extra variety and heart behind them for Patti to fight against the rest of the hating world.

Yes it's all very familiar but the leading lady outshines it all along with some killer music.