The Players Club
New Line Cinema | Release Date: April 8, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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
60
EmpireNick 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
60
VarietyJoe 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
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Campy moments and a luridly colorful look (with cinematography by Malik Sayeed) may give this no-flair, no-frills B movie a healthy video afterlife some day. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter 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
40
Austin ChronicleRussell 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
38
San Francisco ExaminerJane Ganahl
A salacious mess of a film written and directed by rapper Ice Cube. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Sleazy, exploitative, cheap, and nonsensical, The Players Club is an unwatchable waste of time. Read full review
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