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- 2004
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
- 2004
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
Summary Mario Van Peebles directs an honest and revealing portrait of his pioneering father Melvin. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Mario Van Peebles
Written By: Melvin Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty, Mario Van Peebles
- 2004
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
- 2004
- R
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 48 m
Baadasssss!
75
8.3
Where to Watch
Summary Mario Van Peebles directs an honest and revealing portrait of his pioneering father Melvin. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Mario Van Peebles
Written By: Melvin Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty, Mario Van Peebles
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
75
88% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
9% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
75
88% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
9% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Baadasssss is about feeling pain and frustration, about having a sense of purpose that overwhelms everything else, about great cost and great risk, the pain of isolation and the intoxicating effect of fighting against the odds.
Overall, Baadasssss! succeeds marvelously at evoking the passion and frantic energy behind "Sweetback" and putting it all in the context of its politically charged era.
A vibrant, funny, fully realized slice of oft-overlooked cultural, show-business, and black history. It's better than the film whose genesis it chronicles, though inherently doomed to be nowhere near as important.
Baadasssss! is the portrait of a visionary with a blind spot, a man starved for kindness who can no longer recognize the responsibility to be kind, even to his kids. But it's a portrait of a visionary nonetheless.
The film is technically raw, but the sight of Van Peebles playing his father at a defining moment in movie history exerts a potent fascination.
One of the best looks at a period in American film to be seen in a long, long while. BaadAsssss Cinema has meat on its bones and analysis in its soul.
While the younger Van Peebles certainly looks the part, Baadasssss! never feels like anything more than kids playing dress-up.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
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11% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Production Company
Bad Aaas Cinema,
MVP Films,
Showtime Networks
Release Date May 28, 2004
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Tagline A father. A son. A revolution.
Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 3 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Nominations
