The Players Club

Name: The Players Club
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 8, 1998
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 46

1998

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: April 8, 1998 | TV-14

Summary: A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living.

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 104 min

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Roger Ebert

Rich with colorful dialogue and characters, it’s sometimes ungainly but never boring, and there’s a core of truth in its portrait of exotic dancers. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Ice Cube continues his evolution from hard-core rapper to multihyphenate filmmaker with "The Players Club," a messy but lively B-movie that recalls the more spirited comedic dramas of the '70s blaxploitation era. Read full review

Empire Nick Griffiths

Open and often disturbing portrayal of life among America's seediest levels of society even if it resorts to cliche a little too often. Read full review

Peter Stack

Cube's attempts to wring humor out of the grim story don't always succeed, but he never resorts to trivializing his material, a la "Showgirls" or "Striptease." A little bit goes a long way, and "The Players Club" is more like an extended riff than a fully realized drama. Read full review

Russell Smith

Apart from Mac’s uproariously gonzo raving and Wilson’s campy gusto as the club’s evil lesbian alpha stripper, this would be a lock for worst-acted film of the year. Read full review

Jane Ganahl

A salacious mess of a film written and directed by rapper Ice Cube. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Sleazy, exploitative, cheap, and nonsensical, The Players Club is an unwatchable waste of time. Read full review

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