| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Smart, funny, incredibly foulmouthed, with a star-making turn by Terrence Howard." more... |
A- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...an odds-beating tale of redemption and dreams come true." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Every good actor has a season when he comes into his own, and this is Terrence Howard's time." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"...pretty good..." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"Hustle on down to a screening now." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...sharply paced and terrifically shot..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...the film leaves behind a picture of a man who doesn't know what he wants, except that so far his own bad luck has kept him from it..." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Howard was better in Crash, but Hustle is strenuously engineered to get him an Oscar nomination." more... |
C+ |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"There is a lot of heart in Hustle & Flow, Craig Brewer's first feature film, and a lot of nonsense as well." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"It celebrates art, hope, and dreams, and you don't have to like hip-hop to appreciate the message or the way in which it is delivered." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...explosive entertainment." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...more than the individual scenes, audiences will take from Hustle & Flow a memory of the performances." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White |
"The cast couldn't be better." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...Hustle & Flow is not a comedy -- though it has humorous moments that evolve credibly from the story." more... |
B |
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