Lil' Pimp (2005) (V)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Directors:

Mark Brooks
Peter Gilstrap

Writers:

Mark Brooks (writer)
Peter Gilstrap (writer)

Release Date:

11 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

Size Matters!

Plot Keywords:

Vulgarity | Playground | Single Parent | Imaginary Friend | Strip Club

Cast

Danny Bonaduce	...	Ugly Midget (voice)
Big Boy	...	Nag Champa (voice)
Mark Brooks	...	Lil Pimp (voice)
Carmen Electra	...	Honeysack (voice)
Peter Gilstrap	...	Skinny Peeps / Kevin / Bonny (voice)
Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones	...	Sweet Chiffon (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Hans Dribbler Announcer / Billy / Clancey / Adam 12 Cop (voice)
Ludacris	...	Weathers (voice)
Bernie Mac	...	Fruit Juice (voice)
John C. McGinley	...	Man Cub Master (voice)
Rudy Ray Moore	...	Mr. Slippers (voice)
Mystikal	...	Geoffrey (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Smokey (voice)
William Shatner	...	Tony Gold (voice)
Jack Shih	...	Cabbie
David Spade	...	Principal Nixon (voice)
Jill Talley	...	Mom / Old Lady / Mary (voice)
Jennifer Tilly	...	Miss De La Croix (voice)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, crude sexual content and some drug material.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:18A | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Company:

Gifted Men Productions

Trivia:

The original announced release date was 14 March 2003. After a disastrous test screening in which half of the audience walked out, it was then pushed back to 11 July 2003. It was pushed back again to 24 October. After a very troubled production, Sony has pulled this film from their theatrical schedule entirely, suggesting that it might go direct to video or maybe even direct to the Internet via Sony's new Video on Demand service.

This movie was da bomb!!

This was a fantastic movie with the sort of stupid humour that you expect to see from any Flash presentation. The characters were well defined and everything you expect, the actors were top-notch, and there was just the right level of comic naughtiness!! We have seen plenty of movies over the years with humour just this side of stupidity and obscenity. Just take a look at the movies Pootie Tang and Friday After next. Pootie Tang took the hero to a totally new and unvisited level (rivalled only by radio segments such as Chicken-Man) when everything about the main character is brought into question (including the way they talk).

For the right type of person this new movie media type is a real goer!! As a first attempt I think they raised the pimp-hand and found that it was way strong! I would like to see more movies done in this fashion (maybe something along the lines of a feature film payout).

The problem that this film is suffering with is not only a lack of advertising but a misdirection of audience. I only stumbled over this movie by chance and though that it would be a bit of a laugh and a giggle (knowing nothing about it and assuming that it had something to do with the Little Pimp character from the movie Friday After Next). Boy was I pleasantly surprised. For a few grand I could easily get enough advertising happening for a film like this...it sells itself.

Instead of the blurb talking about how it rivals SouthPark, it should read more along the lines of Pootie Tang, Friday After Next, White Chicks, and Soul Plane. Each of these movies have found the right level of humour, matched it with the right actors (with the right type of voice) and come out with a little known blockbuster.