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...hustler tries to find a voice and realize his long-buried...freestyle raps--his flow--and the two team up with Shelby...women in his life--Shug and Nola--find ways to contribute...DJay has to make one last hustle if he's ever going to flow.
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...director Craig Brewer on Hustle and Flow pissed off critics...fierce blast of music and feeling onscreen or...Then DJay puts the hustle on rap star Skinny...Ludacris) to hear his flow. Things go brutally...hauntingly right for Brewer and Howard, who create...
PETER TRAVERS,
Rolling Stone
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An attractive, rising African-American star of film and TV, Elise Neal first garnered attention with roles in four films released in 1997, including playing a teenager whose family takes in a
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Paula Jai Parker built up an impressive resume of film and television work before landing a high-profile regular role on David E Kelley's detective series "Snoops" (ABC, 1999-2000). A spirited comedic
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A dynamic performer with incredible screen presence, African-American funnyman Anthony Anderson became an almost ubiquitous feature player beginning in 1999, providing comic relief in an impressive
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Actress Taraji P. Henson began to catch the attention of film audiences with supporting roles in John Singleton’s “Baby Boy” (2001) and “Four Brothers” (2005), but her breakout performance opposite
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Perhaps no other songwriter and musician summed up soul, R&B and funk than Isaac Hayes. Once dubbed “Black Moses,” Hayes emerged from being a sideman and songwriter for Stax Records to become the
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A tall and gangly actor from small-town Tennessee, D J Qualls made his breakthrough with a funny and oddly touching performance as shy, geeky coed Kyle, taken along on a crass college "Road Trip"
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A petite, pretty actress, Taryn Manning alternately appears as a blonde and a brunette and possesses both a tough girl air and a childlike vulnerability that has helped her win some interesting roles
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...Terrence Howard steps in front of a camera, magic happens, and Hustle and Flow is no exception. Writer-director Craig Brewer's...observes that "most of the bitches I know are guys" and Anthony Anderson -- the rare light comic who shines...
PETER RELIC,
Rolling Stone
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