Pootie Tang Movie Review 2001

The gibberish-babbling Pootie Tang (Crouther) was mildly amusing as a three-minute one-joke sketch on "The Chris Rock Show." Stretched to 80 minutes, it turns into "It's Pat 2: Electric Boogaloo." The premise here is that Pootie talks so cool, no one wants to admit they don't have a clue what he's saying. He's also a role model to all the kids and fights crime with his whip-crackin' belt, which he wields like a kung-fu master. Evil captain of industry Lecter (Vaughn) tricks Pootie into endorsing his empire of cigarettes, booze and junk food by using the feminine wiles of slinky Ireenie (Coolidge). Pootie retires in disgrace to his hometown before he can come back and make everything wambly again. Or something like that. It really is hard to figure out what that dude is saying.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 81 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from Television, Super Heroes, African America, Corporate Shenanigans, Comic Adventure, Urban Comedy

Screenplay

Louis CK

Cast

Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Robert Vaughn, Chris Rock, Reg E. Cathey, Wanda Sykes, Dave Attell, Mario Joyner, JB Smoove, Cathy Trien, Andy Richter

Cinematography

Willy Kurant

Director

Louis CK

Other

Bob Costas, Peter Schneider, Michael McQuarn, Doug Abel, David Lewis Smith, Andrea Stanley, Amanda Sanders, Amy Silver

Producer

David Gale, Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi, Cotty Chubb, MTV Films, Alphaville, 3 Arts Productions, Paramount Pictures