gritty tale of the hood

Rating: 7/10 (19 March 2007)

Hustle and Flow is a gritty story about the Memphis hood. I Thought that the feeling of having an absolute need to express yourself really came bursting threw, the the story moved a little slowly. I think Terrance Howard put in a great performance, his strife and feeling were very believable.I liked the song; I thought it was catchy. The character development was a little weak, I would have liked to have seen more of a back story for the three hookers. The characters and the acting were all good, but since the plot struggled along it was hard to fully appreciate them. One of the coolest parts was how they set up the make shift recording studio and I was able to admire the balls -to -the- wall attitude that the characters had about making music and chasing their dreams. I think this is worth seeing, but it drags a bit.