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Patti Cake$

Patti Cake$

Music · Drama · 2017

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

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Patti Cake$

2017 Music · Drama 1h 49m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

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Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Geremy Jasper

Written by

Geremy Jasper

Danielle Macdonald

Danielle Macdonald

Patricia Dombrowski

Bridget Everett

Bridget Everett

Barb Dombrowski

Siddharth Dhananjay

Siddharth Dhananjay

Jheri

Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie

Basterd

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty

Nana

McCaul Lombardi

McCaul Lombardi

Danny

Patrick Brana

Patrick Brana

Slaz

Court is in session

Put Patti Cake$ on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.