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100
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Critic Score

75
Critics' score based on 33 reviews.
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What's fascinating is the way Mario, working from his father's autobiography and his own memories, has somehow used his first-hand experience without being cornered by it.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

The beauty of Baadasssss! is the way Mario Van Peebles salutes his father's truth by coaxing it into legend.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

A much better movie than the one it honors.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Does a terrific job of capturing the outlaw energy of the original production.Full Review

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

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.Full Review

Nathan Rabin
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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