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3 Strikes

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3 Strikes reviews
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4.8 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: D.J. Pooh

Directed by: D.J. Pooh

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 1, 2000
DVD: August 29, 2000

Running Time: 82 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for pervasive language, strong sexual content, some drug use and a brief scene of violence

Starring Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, David Alan Grier, Mo'Nique, Vincent Schiavelli, and George Wallace

Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail following his second offense. The state has adopted a three strikes rule and his next offense will possibly land him in prison for life.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

38

USA Today Staff [Not Credited]

Interspersed between the misogyny and flatulence jokes apparently left over from Pooh's co-written script for "Friday," there's a story about an ex-con.

33

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Empty jokes hang heavy.

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31

Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson

It's a chilling piece of legal hysteria, and ripe for nasty farce. But Pooh plays it all for buffoonish pratfalls and fart jokes.

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30

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

This picture is just shapeless and shrill. It's disposable, forgettable and aimed at an audience that doesn't care.

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25

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

Most of the humor is aimed at 14-year-olds.

25

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

This is a sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.

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25

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A criminally slow, all-but-laughless blaxploitation comedy.

20

The New York Times A.O.Scott

Feels like a very long late-night comedy sketch that occasionally veers beyond tastelessness toward something worse.

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20

Los Angeles Times Eric Harrison

The bad news is that it's also vile, not to mention sophomoric and unfunny.

20

Variety Joe Leydon

Exuberantly rude and crude, but generally more frantic than genuinely funny.

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20

Film.com Tom Keogh

Could have afforded to be a little loftier and still be quite funny. Instead, it's a waste.

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10

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

A dumb and sloppy movie.

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10

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

For every jab at hypocrisy in law enforcement or in the media's crime coverage...there's a scene's worth of uninflected scatology or misogyny.

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0

LA Weekly John Patterson

Three strikes maybe, but no stars and no thumbs up (except the one way, way up its own ass).

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0

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Reeks as badly as it sounds.

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0

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

This needlessly vulgar exercise in overuse of the n-word bills itself as a comedy. Even the outtakes over the closing credits don't live up to that.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kelvin T. gave it a 10:
This is the funniest movie out i still watch it.

Robert gave it a 0:
One of the worst movies I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. If there were any negative scores allowed, I'd be sure to give this movie one.

Jamelle E. gave it an 8:
It was cool but the reason why i like the movie was because E-40 was in it.

Stuart gave it a 0:
This was the worst movie ever...I wanted to kill myself when I was watching it.

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