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.
Pootie Tang has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 29 Jun 2001
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Pootie Tang was released in 2001 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 440 reviews, giving Pootie Tang (2001) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 38%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Pootie Tang a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 55%, Pootie Tang is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Joe Dirt, Exit Wounds and Bubble Boy.
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