While that makes him a hero among the everyday folk, it also means he's public enemy number one to both petty criminals - such as Dirty Dee (REG E. CATHEY) who revels in being as filthy as possible - and corporate CEOs such as Dick Lecter (ROBERT VAUGHN) who's upset with how Pootie is affecting sales of his various products.
Accordingly, Lecter orders his right-hand man, Frank (DAVID ATTEL), to get Pootie to sign an exclusive contract hawking their latest endeavor, and when that fails, he sends Ireenie (JENNIFER COOLIDGE) to use her feminine wiles & sexuality to discover Pootie's secret source of power. That turns out to be the belt that his father (CHRIS ROCK) gave him as a boy and that he uses like a whip on the various villains he encounters.
As he goes about his successful ways and hangs out with his friends including Trucky (JB SMOOVE) and JB (CHRIS ROCK) and deals with Biggie Shorty (WANDA SYKES), a woman who may or may not be a prostitute but does dance around on the street corners dressed like one and desperately wants to get him in bed, Pootie must contend with Lecter's underhanded ways. They not only end up putting him in odd situations, such as being coerced into getting to know Stacy (CATHY TRIEN), a farm girl whose sheriff father is intent on marrying her off to the next available man, but also present the crime fighter with the greatest challenges he's had to face yet.
Some non-explicit, sexually related dialogue is present, while various woman come on to Pootie in a sexual fashion, including one woman who apparently beds him and his friend for nefarious reasons (but nothing explicit is seen), and another woman who finally succeeds in doing the same to Pootie, thus fulfilling her quest to do so. Yet another woman becomes aroused -- when he spreads the contents of a fresh pie across his chest and neck -- and thus jumps him.
Various characters, who all have bad attitudes, attack and/or try to harm the protagonist, and he fights them off with various punches and his belt that he uses like a whip on them. They and others try to shoot him (as he dodges or deflects the bullets), while another man comes at him with a switchblade. A few characters drink, while we also briefly see some drug use and a character trying to sell drugs after getting a kid to try them. Some instances of imitative behavior, including the protagonist speaking in a unique language that no viewers will understand, are also present.
All of that said, none of what's present is meant to be taken seriously, although some younger kids might not get the jokes and/or parody element. Thus, should you still be concerned about the film and its appropriateness for anyone in your home who may want to see it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific information about what's present and occurs in it.
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(2001) (Lance Crouther, JB Smoove) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Minor
*Extreme
*Minor
Heavy
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
Minor
*None
Moderate
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Mild
Mild
Mild
Heavy
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
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Reviewed June 29, 2001 / Posted June 30, 2001
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