Petey Wheatstraw

Year: 1977

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Roquemore

Review

the fourth rudy ray moore film. next i’ll watch dolemite. it’s not much over 90 minutes, yet it feels pretty long because of the amount of plot that is injected into the story. there’s some great dialogue and one-liners. stuff like “ro-mance without fi-nance is a nui-sance” and the bit about people who look back in the toilet after taking a dump as if they don’t trust their own shit. clearly it’s not for the youngins. there’s plenty of cheesy fight scenes and bad acting. i’m not quite sure this is what cassavetes had in mind when he essentially invented the indie film. moore’s films are influential, especially in the african-american community, so i suppose it’s important to watch a couple of them, even if they are just run-of-the-mill cheesy b-films with above average one-liners.