Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Cinemation Industries | Release Date: April 23, 1971 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Melvin Van Peebles produced this film, edited it, wrote the screenplay, composed the music and played the leading role. He comes out ahead in all but one category: there are some serious problems with his screenplay. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
If Sweet Sweetback is unforgettable, it is also deeply flawed. The acting is mediocre at best. And in depicting women as grotesque, flailing sex machines serviced by the indifferent stud hero, it matches today's gangsta rap in arrogant misogyny. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael Kerbel
Does for the black movement what Getting Straight did for the student movement: reduces it to escapist entertainment, cinematic stylishness, and near nonsense. [13 May 1971, p.68]
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