Rating: 
Summary: You want real EDUTAINMENT??? You GOT IT.
Review: If this film can be summed up into one word, it's "Edutainment". Believe it or not, this film is not only immensely entertaining, but it is educational as well. All our lives we've seen images of pimps in TV shows and movies, dressed up in their purple snakeskin outfits and acting like clowns - but "American Pimp" illustrates what real-life pimps are really like.Ok, so some of the pimps ARE a bunch of guys dressed up in purple outfits acting like clowns, but this documentary shows the side of "pimpin'" that you've never seen. You'll learn about "the game" and how pimps get "knocked" for not keeping tight reins on their "hoes." You'll also see how their girls work day and night making hundreds, even thousands of dollars, and then handing it all over to their pimps without even getting the slightest share in profits. Why do the girls do this? Why to pimps do what they do? WHAT exactly are pimps? Well watch "American Pimp" and you'll be educated and entertained like never before on the age-old profession of "pimpin". This documentary ranks up there with "When They Were Kings!" It's a MUST HAVE for any DVD collection!
Rating: 
Summary: THIS IS NOTHING BUT DOO DOO
Review: In the 1800's, the Chinese put their women in the brothels to help make it in America. The Chinese men or the "pimps" called
themselves the TONG. Well the Chinese here in America ain't doing
that anymore, so why are Black people STILL pimping and "ho-ing"?
I DO NOT OWN THIS PIECE OF DOO DOO! I RENTED IT!! In this age of enlightenment there is just no more reason or excuse for the "game". This is just another film about punked-out Black males making excuses for their incorect behaviour. PUNKED OUT;the
system is wrong so they take it out on our daughters, sisters and
mothers, PUNKED OUT. I hope that Blacks who watch this DVD will
teach their daughters to be strong as to not fall into no pimp
trap. Teach your sons to be REAL MEN. An example being JUDGE JOE
BROWN. Don't buy this DVD, rent it! Have a bullet with the pimps
name on it!
Rating: 
Summary: only in america
Review: interesting movie but don't expect to see too many sex scenes, just a bunch of pimps talking about their careers, interesting to hear them for those who want to learn the game, they talk about the odds, and the consequences, and fake players-loys of folks do get the wrong impression about pimping- lots of fake rappers-and actors kids must learn to recognize the real, but then you have white pimps who don't use brutality and makes millions of dollars, pimping women-and are getting away with it- yes there is money involved in the sex industry, and lots of it. good learning, unfornately one of them ended up in prison facing life, sad that is the consequences- for all players know thet will fall off in the end most get out somehoe either they get killed(2 pac-biggie) or get hiv(eazy e) and i can name several players who fell off, but hugh hefner about 80 and still pimpin make you wonder.
Rating:
Summary: street life
Review: opens your eyes to traps that young women of every color are falling into everyday. Love the women in your families if you dont i know several persons from this movie that would love to sit and talk with them for just five minutes. If they get them you lose your loved one forever
Rating:
Summary: A Glorification of Slavery, Basically
Review: Talk about your double standards. The same people who get outraged at the enslavement of females in Africa or Eastern Europe think it's hip to extol the style of these low life pimps in the US. Pure hypocrisy These are not figures to be emulated or held up as role models for young males of whatever race. I was pretty [upset] at these guy's attitudes towards women, to say the least. I would hope that W.E.B. Dubois, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglas, Booker T Washington, Martin Luther King, etc., would serve as standards. Not these [folks]. ...
Rating: 
Summary: The Game
Review: The Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society, Dead Presidents) borrow a page
from The Maysles Brothers (Gimme Shelter) for this frank look at the
life of the American pimp. There's no narrator telling us what to
think about these guys -- for better or for worse, they speak for
themselves. Most are more articulate and intelligent than you might
expect, but a few say some pretty disturbing things, like the
gentleman who insists that if he didn't beat his women, they wouldn't
think he cared. Of course, not one of these men actually uses the
word "women". They're all hos or b****es with the exception
of the "legitimate" (Caucasian) pimp who runs the Moonlight
Bunnyranch and refers to his employees as girls. Of the two women
interviewed, one uses the word ho just as often as any of the pimps,
so it seems it's just accepted terminology if you're part of "The
Game". In any case, this is an entertaining documentary with
a great soundtrack and some well chosen film clips from a variety of
blaxploitation classics (The Mack, et al). Because the Hughes
Brothers never tell us what they think about these guys, it's hard to
know for sure. I can only imagine that they find them as intriguing
yet repellent as I do (and a lot more glamorous than I ever could).
I've gained no new respect for pimps having seen this film, but I did
come away with a better understanding as to why some men choose this
line of work and what their lives are like. Suffice it to say that by
the end of this film, almost every one of these guys has hustled
himself right on out of The Game. As Big Daddy Kane would say,
"Pimpin' ain't easy".
Rating:
Summary: The Game
Review: The Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society, Dead Presidents) borrow a pagefrom The Maysles Brothers (Gimme Shelter) for this frank look at thelife of the American pimp. There's no narrator telling us what tothink about these guys -- for better or for worse, they speak forthemselves. Most are more articulate and intelligent than you mightexpect, but a few say some pretty disturbing things, like thegentleman who insists that if he didn't beat his women, they wouldn'tthink he cared. Of course, not one of these men actually uses theword "women". They're all hos or b****es with the exceptionof the "legitimate" (Caucasian) pimp who runs the MoonlightBunnyranch and refers to his employees as girls. Of the two womeninterviewed, one uses the word ho just as often as any of the pimps,so it seems it's just accepted terminology if you're part of "TheGame". In any case, this is an entertaining documentary witha great soundtrack and some well chosen film clips from a variety ofblaxploitation classics (The Mack, et al). Because the HughesBrothers never tell us what they think about these guys, it's hard toknow for sure. I can only imagine that they find them as intriguingyet repellent as I do (and a lot more glamorous than I ever could).I've gained no new respect for pimps having seen this film, but I didcome away with a better understanding as to why some men choose thisline of work and what their lives are like. Suffice it to say that bythe end of this film, almost every one of these guys has hustledhimself right on out of The Game. As Big Daddy Kane would say,"Pimpin' ain't easy".
Rating:
Summary: Provative, Entertaining, Compelling Documentary
Review: The Hughes brothers deliver a great documentary with "American Pimp". Great editing, and thoroughly entertaining subject matter set to an outstanding soundtrack which can really be appreciated on the DVD format.
Rating:
Summary: pathetic and disturbing
Review: the pimps looked like outdated clowns...weak men preying off weak,fallen women...pathetic indeed...but i love the hughes brothers and all of their films...i tried to see this for what it
was and i was enlightened...the most disturbing was the fact that
these guys go to shelters to pick up women and the haunting tales of the prostitutes who go on a date/turn a trick with a john or johns and never come back alive...that made me think of the woman's family...a woman has to be very, very weak to give into this slavery...if you chose to be a prostitute...why not be
your own pimp? these clowns/pimps who claim the women need them
for protection...hmmmph what about the 'protection' they provided to their fallen, murdered 'hos' or is it hoes? this movie certainly did not glamorize the profession and no matter
how great the pimps tried to make it sound...some of went and told the truth/downside and i mean downside of the profession...i don't know it was hard to get through this one...i was curious...now i know...
Rating:
Summary: American PIMPIN!
Review: The underworld of the PIMP and prostitute is exposed in this interesting tale of the seedy side of sex. This movie is actually a very entertaining as well as educational piece of insight to the world of Pimping as viewed by the men who were once Pimps. "The Game", as Pimping is often called, is not for the faint or weak at heart. It is often a cruel and lonely world. The one interesting fact is despite all the money that the Pimp may make during his career, they are often broke by the time they "retire", because there is no retirement plan in Pimping. A must see for anyone interested into the life of a Pimp. The Hughes Brothers did a masterful job in directing this movie.
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