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By Katherine Monk (493) for Ex-Press.com (333) on 02 Sep 2017

The whole plot has about as much mystery as a performance on a pole, but it's the brief encounters with believable disaster that give the movie…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 31 Aug 2017

The inspiration is faux and the repairing of Patti and Barb's mother-daughter relationship is forced, but the rest of Patti Cake$ is aeptable…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 31 Aug 2017

Jasper's point is that being oneself is always a performance. If we know how to tell a story we all have the right to get up on stage…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 31 Aug 2017

This is a sweet movie, but it'll gall viewers who believe that fighting the viciousness of the world with troubling art is a duty-it's not…

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By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 30 Aug 2017

This decade's Hustle and Flow, a funnier, female version of 8 Mile, Clerks 2017 - whatever your take on writer-director Geremy Jasper's feature…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 30 Aug 2017

Even if a filmmaker is dealing with familiar themes, when he or she fills in the blanks as sweetly and amiably as writer-director Geremy Gasper…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 30 Aug 2017

I enjoyed it hugely, and didn't mind at all that it abides by so many of the conventions, or clichés if you prefer, of the classic rags-to-musical…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 30 Aug 2017

Yes, it features a stand-out, possibly even award-worthy, central turn from the newcomer Danielle Macdonald, but the film's most notable feature…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 30 Aug 2017

It veers dangerously close to sentimentality, but I'm down with that…

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By Adam Fresco (54) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 30 Aug 2017

Think Rocky with rap, or 8 Mile with a smile…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 30 Aug 2017

A rough-edged charmer that puts its own stamp on the underdog story…

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By Robbie-Ann Mcpherson (14) for Buffalo News (278) on 30 Aug 2017

For we losers who may have an old dream or two buried behind the wood shed, Patti's journey shows us that growing up doesn't mean giving up…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 30 Aug 2017

In writer-director Geremy Jasper's impressive first feature, Australian actress Danielle Macdonald brings the aspirational title character…

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By John Byrne (48) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 30 Aug 2017

[Patti Cake$] is a bit of a mixed bag…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 30 Aug 2017

Daniele [Macdonald] as Patti is a marvel for her powerful presence: she grabs Patti's story and infuses it with heart and soul, and that's…

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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 30 Aug 2017

This would probably be a bad movie were it not for the all-in performance of newcomer Macdonald, who both captures the inner struggle and spits…

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By Saskia Baron (43) for The Arts Desk (640) on 30 Aug 2017

There's some inventive camerawork, excellent editing and a real sense that this is a story that comes from its creator's heart…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 30 Aug 2017

She's a screwball amalgam of Ricki Lake and Honey G; with a last-reel hair makeover verging on the Adele…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 30 Aug 2017

Australian actress Danielle Macdonald shines as an overweight girl aspiring to be a rapper…

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By Hamish Macbain (12) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 30 Aug 2017

A story we've seen told a hundred times before feels fresh thanks to Danielle Macdonald's brilliant performance, handling both the drama and…

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