Great Film

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2008)

Hustle and Flow (2005)
**** (out of 4)
Urban drama about a pimp/hustler (Terrence Howard) who realizes it isn't too late to go after his dream of becoming a musician. This film took me for a complete surprise because we've seen this type of character and film so many times before but this film here doesn't fall into the same clichés and in the end this comes out as a complete and totally original film in all its ideas and messages. After seeing him in Crash and now this, Howard has became an actor I'll certainly follow more closely in the future. The supporting cast is equally great and I'm a bit shocked this thing didn't get more than the Best Actor nomination at the Oscars. This is certainly one of the best films of 2005, if not the best.