Review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) by Josh G — 19 Jan 2009
After seeing the movie Baadasss, which was about the making of this movie, I realized why it looks so amateurish. This is somewhat of a soft core porno with a lot of running in it. A pimp kills two crooked cops and goes on the lam and soon becomes a legend.
What's amazing is how little of Sweetback there is in this movie. There's a lot of scenes which seemed left out. I know Melvin Van Peebles made this movie cheap and it looks it. This is one of those movie where the hype overcrowds the actual quality of a movie.
This might have been THE movie to see back in 1971, but most it should't get an A for effort.
This review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) was written by Josh G on 19 Jan 2009.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song has generally received mixed reviews.
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