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Chocolate City

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Michael (Robert Ri'chard) takes a job as an exotic dancer to make ends meet, and as the money rolls in, he has to deal with the attention of the female club goers while hiding his job from his mother (Vivica A. Fox) and girlfriend.
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Jen Yamato The Daily Beast 06/02/2015
Not only uses Ginuwine's 1996 thirst anthem "Pony" to great effect-it also casts Ginuwine as one of Chocolate City's shining stars, grinding for dollars to his own song. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 05/21/2015
The make-it-rain clichs are abundant and Jean-Claude La Marre's direction is pedestrian ... Go to Full Review
VyceVictus Birth.Movies.Death. 02/06/2020
As opposed to the sharp cinematography and direction of Steven Soderbergh and his disciple Gregory Jacobs, Chocolate City goes for more intimately hazy and lingering POV shots. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams Baret News 05/24/2015
2/4
A derivative, estrogen-fueled, overcoming-the-odds saga strictly recommended for females interested in seeing sepia-skinned Adonises gyrate while disrobing to mind-numbing disco music. Go to Full Review
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11/16/2020 Magic Mike's parody. Without the satire. See more 08/06/2017 0/5! Same as Magic Mike part 1 and same storyline! But Channing matched the role way more :) See more 01/27/2017 what is this? ez a black version of 'magic mike: one and 2 See more 08/24/2015 Terrible! Don't waste your time or money. See more 08/04/2015 Boring. The dancing is remedial, they just do the same body roll over and over. There was nothing sexy about it despite the hot bodies. They rag on the real Magic Mike and throw around the "N" word. The worst part was the over preachy sermen that makes you feel sleazy for even watching the movie. Save your money not worth your time. See more 07/06/2015 Very low budget film.....the story was very predictable and lacked content!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Michael (Robert Ri'chard) takes a job as an exotic dancer to make ends meet, and as the money rolls in, he has to deal with the attention of the female club goers while hiding his job from his mother (Vivica A. Fox) and girlfriend.
Director
Jean-Claude La Marre
Producer
Robert Aaronson, Jean-Claude La Marre, Melanie Levostre, Michael Mendelsohn, Eurika Pratts
Screenwriter
Jean-Claude La Marre
Distributor
Freestyle Releasing
Production Co
Patriot Pictures, HBO Max
Rating
R (Language|Brief Violence|Partial Nudity|Sexual Content Throughout)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 22, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$212.2K
Runtime
1h 31m
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