Review of Patti Cake$ (2017) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 23 Aug 2017
It’s less about music and more about how hard it is — and how bad it feels — to be absolutely and completely on the outside. And though the movie is uncompromising on that score — and shows its heroine going through a series of humiliations that are almost as painful to watch as they would be to experience — it’s not self-pitying.
It’s dead-eyed accurate, and that’s its ultimate redemption.
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This review of Patti Cake$ (2017) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 23 Aug 2017.
Patti Cake$ has generally received positive reviews.
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