Pootie Tang
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Pootie Tang

Too cool for words.

5.1 / 10 2001 1h 21mPG-13 English
ActionComedy

Storyline

Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young Black children of America, supatime.

Cast & Crew

Lance Crouther

Lance Crouther

Pootie Tang

Lead
JB Smoove

JB Smoove

Trucky

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge

Ireenie

Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey

Dirty Dee

Robert Vaughn

Robert Vaughn

Dick Lecter

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Biggie Shorty

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father

Mario Joyner

Mario Joyner

Lacey

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louis C.K.'s vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Pootie Tang is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker