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Patti Cake$

  • 2017
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  • 1h 49m
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6.8/10
11K
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Patti Cake$ (2017)
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PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.

  • Director
    • Geremy Jasper
  • Writer
    • Geremy Jasper
  • Stars
    • Danielle Macdonald
    • Sahr Ngaujah
    • Bridget Everett
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    11K
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    • Director
      • Geremy Jasper
    • Writer
      • Geremy Jasper
    • Stars
      • Danielle Macdonald
      • Sahr Ngaujah
      • Bridget Everett
    • 62User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Danielle Macdonald
    Danielle Macdonald
    • Patti
    Sahr Ngaujah
    Sahr Ngaujah
    • O-Z
    Bridget Everett
    Bridget Everett
    • Barb
    Mamoudou Athie
    Mamoudou Athie
    • Basterd
    Patrick Brana
    Patrick Brana
    • Slaz
    Siddharth Dhananjay
    Siddharth Dhananjay
    • Jheri
    McCaul Lombardi
    McCaul Lombardi
    • Danny Bagadella
    Warren Bub
    Warren Bub
    • Mr. Bagadella
    Anna Suzuki
    Anna Suzuki
    • Manager
    John Sharian
    John Sharian
    • Lou
    James Caulfield
    James Caulfield
    • Singing Electrician
    Ray Iannicelli
    Ray Iannicelli
    • Joe Puppy
    Cathy Moriarty
    Cathy Moriarty
    • Nana
    Daniel Stewart Sherman
    Daniel Stewart Sherman
    • Smitty
    Adam Scarimbolo
    Adam Scarimbolo
    • Pony
    Dylan Blue
    • Drewsky
    Wass Stevens
    Wass Stevens
    • Officer Nichols
    Lois Jasper
    • Diner Waitress
    • Director
      • Geremy Jasper
    • Writer
      • Geremy Jasper
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    User reviews62

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    7conan-2

    Warm funny star is born (Danielle MacDonald that is)

    I saw this at the Sydney Film Festival 2017.

    This movie is the typical youth dreaming of becoming a star and then we route for him/her as they are rejected by the establishment only to rise like a phoenix. Why so they keep making them? Because we love them is why. The beauty here is the parallels with the star Danielle MacDonald.

    Danielle is a Sydney girl, who could not get noticed down under and went State-side to find her niche. Her talent is unstoppable and she does dirty Jersey (their words in credits not mine) proud.

    The rapping is brilliant. I can't understand most of the stuff they play on the radio but given the context, the lyrics are poignant cries to the world of her plight.

    Go - be inspired by Killer P and try stop singing P B N J days after you see the movie.
    7kz917-1

    Killa P slays! PBNJ is a delight!

    What to say about this movie.

    Reality sure does bite in NJ.

    Patti is trying to do it all help care for her Nana and look after her mother.

    The fact that they put her Nana up to singing the hook was fantastic!

    Many laughable but gritty moments throughout the entire film.

    If explicit language won't bother you the film is worth a watch.

    It is amazing that the lead actress took two years before filming to hone her rapping skills!
    8stephen-black-257-576159

    Didn't expect much, walked away very surprised in a great way.

    What a shocker! I didn't think I would enjoy this but had time to kill. I was impressed enough to post a review, which I never do. The characters pulled me in and really made me feel something. Make me feel something, angry, sad, happy, scared, confused, anything. A good movie (for me) takes me away from my life and lets me see the world through others eyes for an hour and a half. This is not a prospective I would ever have imagined I would enjoy but I did. By the end of the movie I was rooting for Pati and her friends. I really felt vested in what I was seeing all a while through their eyes. Great acting, great story, great idea all around. Watching this movie was time well spend. Kudos!
    7subxerogravity

    A fun movie.

    Somewhere in-between 8 Mile and this Swedish film called We Are the Best (Go find it if you have not herd of it.), Lies PattiCakes. About a girl trying to make it in this Hip Hop game, but it's a hard climb for a heavy set white girl from the burbs trying to make her dreams come true. A better cry for feminist power than anything Jenifer Lawrence could ever put out as we watched the ultimate underdog story. A common story with an uncommon protagonist at the center. It has all the elements of a good sports movie but the competition is rap. My favorite part in the movie was when she and her odd rap crew are getting her record done. The whole creating process of making an album was really cool. Couldn't tell you if the words she spit were fire, but it does not matter, it's still a great musical journey and worth seeing for all fans of not just hip hop, but music.
    8rooprect

    Thumbs way up from a not-a-rap-fan

    I don't hate rap, but let's just say the only rap song I know goes "Now this is a story all about how / My life got flipped turned upside down..."

    Patti Cake$ is a quintessential underdog story, but I give it major points for being possibly the only true underdog story out there. This is because, rather than pulling the Hollywood stunt of using a glamorous moviestar in the lead and uglying her down for the first half only to enact a--surprise!--transformation to glamorous moviestar at the end, Patti Cake$ doesn't pander to that cheap device. It's the story of a very unglamorous girl who's trying to break into the rap scene even though she can't even afford the 'b' in 'bling', let alone wear it.

    What makes this story particularly interesting is that it's not just a chronicle of her attempts at cracking the music biz, but it's equally about her struggles with a sinking life, stuck in one of those faceless Jersey towns within sight of NYC but feeling like a million miles away. She is the youngest in a tri-generational home where the grandmother is bedridden, the mother is an alcoholic, and she, Patti, seems to be the sole bread earner. And thus it's an interesting portrayal of a family life that got flipped turned upside down.

    Just as much as I enjoyed the storyline about her musical aspirations, I loved the storyline about her family: the love-hate relationship with her alcoholic mother (herself a failed rockstar who released one album but got pregnant with Patti, thus ending her own career and harboring a lifetime of resentment) and the grandmother, EXPERTLY played by the legendary Cathy Moriarty (from "Raging Bull"), who is a tough old hag with a really soft heart who encourages Patti's dreams and keeps her sane.

    The tri-generational cross section (tough but kind grandmother, utter failure of a mom, young kid growing up confused) reminded me a lot of the excellent film Chocolat. If you liked that one, you'll love Patti Cake$ even if you're not a rap fan.

    Which leads me to the rap part. The songs are really catchy with sly lyrics and great delivery by Patti, played by Australian actress Danielle Macdonald who had to take a 2-month crash course for the role, essentially training how to rap in dirty Jersey style. The film actually gave me a newfound appreciation for rap, the unique style, rhythm & rhyme scheme of each rapper as well as the impressive production that goes into making good beats. It's not just about a bunch of juvenile delinquents loitering at the gas station making noise with their mouths (although that scene does happen), but it's an art form like any other. And the song that ties it all up at the end does a great job of bridging the generational/musical gap between rap fans and classic rock fans.

    The last bit I'll mention is about a great theme that runs under the surface of this flick. And that is: chasing dreams (both positive and negative connotations). Throughout the film we see Patti slipping into alternate realities as she imagines her fantasy success. These scenes are done with a wonderful, vivid, surrealistic style of cinematography which contrasts well against the gritty Jersey reality that make up the rest of the story. The question being presented is whether it's better to keep it real or to chase potentially false prophets.

    If you like a good underdog story that's more than the predictable Hollywood trope, then this is the flick for you. I... would... rate this flick around 7 or 8. And I yelled to the cabbie 'yo homes smell ya later'

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    • Trivia
      Australian Danielle Macdonald had to learn to rap and master the New Jersey accent for her role.
    • Quotes

      Patti: [to Barb] Act your age.

      Barb: [to Patti] Act your race.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jeremy Renner/Bridget Everett/French Montana feat. Swae Lee (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Green Dreamz (Who Y'All Come To See?)
      Written and Produced by Geremy Jasper and Jason Binnick

      Performed by Sahr Ngaujah and Danielle Macdonald

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    • Release date
      • August 30, 2017 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Brazil
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Патті Кейкс
    • Production companies
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
      • Department of Motion Pictures
      • Maiden Voyage Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $800,148
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $67,599
      • Aug 20, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,482,356
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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