Hustle & Flow

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  • Opened July 22, 2005 
  • 1 hr 55 min
  • R | sex and drug content, pervasive language and some violence

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Pushing 40, he's tired of the life he's living and dreams of something greater. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, he's inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. When he hears that a rap superstar is coming to town, Djay works a hustle to gain the rapper's attention and hopefully get signed by a label. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, D.J. Qualls, Ludacris
  • Director: Craig Brewer
  • Genres: Drama

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

The home-studio recording sequences in Hustle & Flow are funky, rowdy, and indelible. Brewer gives us the pleasure of watching characters create music from the ground up. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Jami Bernard

The feel-good movie of the summer. And the song this pimp works up, about how hard it is to manage a stable of ho's, is catchy and moving. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Every good actor has a season when he comes into his own, and this is Terrence Howard's time. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

I found Hustle & Flow hard to get into at first, if only for its dialogue. But DJay's turf turns out to be everyone's turf -- a jagged landscape of hopes, disappointments, folly and fulfillment. Read full review

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Terrance Howard in "Hustle & Flow."