‘Superfly’ Reviews: Critics React to ‘Compelling’ Yet ‘Corny’ Remake
“It updates the blaxploitation genre with wit and resonance.”
“It updates the blaxploitation genre with wit and resonance.”
White critics wrote 82 percent of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
Heist film steals an estimated $41.5 million from ticket holders.
The prequel logged a $103 million four-day total.
The film will arrive in theaters on August 10.
The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
“Paula Abdul ain’t s—,” Houston says in the footage.
It follows the true story of an African-American detective who took on the Ku Klux Klan.
The mom-themed thriller debuted with $16.5 million this weekend.
“We have these actresses who could easily carry their own movie,” the director says.