American Pimp Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Supple and engrossing, a liquid-smooth street-rap testimonial.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

What we are left with is a mildly entertaining "man on the street" gloss, seasoned with fragments from blaxploitation movies and music by Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye and others.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

American Pimp, if not quite a self-serving orgy of self-justification, can hardly be thought of as a searching look at the skin trade.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

The dehumanizing aspect of pimping is what's scariest about the Hughes brothers' investigation--so powerful the filmmakers realize they need only to record it.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites

Lushly entertaining, and its subjects are terrific storytellers with style to burn.Read the full review

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