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75Pretty thin feature-film subject. But the silliness is so contagious that it doesn't matter.
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70Weirdest, funniest studio release of the summer so far and a bona fide cult object in the making.
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70Pootie Tang may be raw and slovenly -- hey, it often is raw and slovenly -- but it succeeds as a laugh getter because of the spot-on satirical notes. You might say that the movie walks it like it talks it; I'm not sure what Pootie would say.
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60The material it does pull off is daring and sharp.
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50Amiably silly.
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50The shtick based on whether other people understand him is subtle enough for 79 minutes.
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40Acouple of well-earned laughs but ultimately overstays its welcome.
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38The movie's comic powers are often marred by silliness and stereotypes. Pootie tanks.
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30Never quite deciding if it wants to parody or uphold the ongoing cultural romance with the Pimp, Pootie Tang mostly feels like a sad retread.
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Too often is as garbled as Pootie's own jargon.
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25Slow and dragging, Pootie Tang is worse than a below-average sketch-to-screen Saturday Night Live film.
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25Only the makers of "Freddy Got Fingered" might crack a smile because it now has competition for worst movie of the year.
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25By the end, Pootie Tang feels as long as Kevin Costner's "Wyatt Earp."
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A wretch-a-sketch, a two-minute character-based skit (an occasional feature on HBO's "The Chris Rock Show") stretched to a mind-boggling 82 minutes.
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12Not bad so much as inexplicable. You watch in puzzlement: How did this train wreck happen?
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12One bad movie -- in the original sense of the word.
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11Dull and unfunny claptrap.
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10Has the distinction of being one of the most amateurish features ever released by a major studio.
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10The overall film is hideously grating, thanks to an inconsistent look, animated titles all over the place, excessive explanatory commentary and abrasive R&B videos inserted throughout.