Driving by his deep will of saving the black children of his people who have been exploited and manipulated by the American corporation, which seeks to steal his own belt, Pootie Tang, a well-known talented character the thing that makes him struggle against saving those children, so he does his best for achieving that purpose.
A pretty inspired and consistently witty satirical skewering of three decade's worth of macho black pop cultural clichés.
New Times
July 05, 2001
It seems as if the studio thought they had a black Austin Powers, while in fact what they have is more like a black Dude, Where's My Car?.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
March 29, 2004
Writer-director Louis C.K. (I wouldn't give my correct name either) was named on Entertainment Weekly's "It List," proving that entertainment is in a bad way.
Pootie is such an original, utterly absurd conception that, however one may hesitate over superfluous matters of good taste or (horrors!) political correctness, anyone with an ounce of humor will find it impossible not to succumb in gales of laughter.
Pootie Tang works, in part, because it doesn't. Which is to say the movie's special success is inextricable from the moments where it blatantly fails. The movie exerts a beguiling charm that can only be explained as the je ne sais quoi of sa da tay.
