Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
1(13%)
mixed
5(63%)
negative
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75
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.
60
Open and often disturbing portrayal of life among America's seediest levels of society even if it resorts to cliche a little too often.
60
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.
50
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.
50
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.
40
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.
38
A salacious mess of a film written and directed by rapper Ice Cube.
16
Sleazy, exploitative, cheap, and nonsensical, The Players Club is an unwatchable waste of time.
