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Hustle & Flow

Play trailer 2:24 Hustle & Flow R Released Jul 22, 2005 1h 55m Drama Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Pushing 40, he's tired of the life he's living and dreams of something greater. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, he's inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. When he hears that a rap superstar is coming to town, Djay works a hustle to gain the rapper's attention and hopefully get signed by a label.
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Critics Consensus

Hustle & Flow is gritty and redemptive, with a profound sense of place and exciting music.

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Wilson Morales IndieWire Hustle & Flow certainly is among the emotional, uplifting feel good films that folks love to watch more than once. Mar 31, 2020 Full Review Heather Havrilesky Salon.com Hustle & Flow is everything you want a film to be: unpredictable, daring, clever, heartwarming. Jul 16, 2019 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek Howard redeems this lumpy fantasy. Soft-spoken and mysterious, he presides over the movie with a dangerous, feline grace. Nov 1, 2007 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy This picture takes few false steps as it details the efforts of all its characters (not just DJay) to find some purpose in their lives. Rated: 3/4 Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Justin Brown Medium Popcorn This is a two hour movie that flew by. It was fun in some aspects, the music was tight and just clicked well. Rated: 3/5 Apr 22, 2021 Full Review Brandon Collins Medium Popcorn I really liked the performances. It was dope that everyone gave it 110% for this. Rated: 3/5 Apr 22, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Calvin T Top tier movie...made sure I bought it Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review Paul K For any aspiring actors that would like a free lesson, this is a good one to study. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/19/25 Full Review Matty D Terrance Howard is a terrible actor. How does this guy get work still? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review The B Oh man… just perfect. A masterpiece. Everything felt so real in this film and the acting was incredible. It was just very believable and Terrence Howard absolutely bodied the role of Djay. Taraji P. Henson was just great in it as well. Best hip-hop film ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review StephenPaul C The most music-filled 01 hour: and 55 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/11/23 Full Review Dominique W Nearly flawless. The south has something to say. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Craig Brewer

Director

Terrence Howard

Djay

Anthony Anderson

Key

Taryn Manning

Nola

Taraji P. Henson

Shug

Paula Jai Parker

Lexus

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Synopsis DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Pushing 40, he's tired of the life he's living and dreams of something greater. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, he's inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. When he hears that a rap superstar is coming to town, Djay works a hustle to gain the rapper's attention and hopefully get signed by a label.
Director
Craig Brewer
Producer
Stephanie Allain, John Singleton
Screenwriter
Craig Brewer
Distributor
MTV Productions
Production Co
New Deal Productions, Paramount, Homegrown Pictures, Crunk Pictures
Rating
R (Sex and Drug Content|Pervasive Language|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.2M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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