Hustle and Flow
Directed by: Craig Brewer
(Paramount)
A caustic urban drama, the picture gave everyone in it the best roles of their careers and made a star out of Terrence Howard as DJay, the Memphis pimp who becomes a rapper to get off the streets. As music industry ironies abound, the grit in the story won’t wipe off.
Carsten Knox
Categories: Best of the year (2006)
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.