[An] enjoyable docu-romp... Sadly, there's neither enough first-hand evidence from Van Peebles Sr. himself nor sufficient social historical perspective for Baadasssss to make the leap from being a good documentary to a great one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2019

Audiences unfamiliar with "Sweetback'' can enjoy and understand the story chronicled in "Baadasssss!,'' but the experience is infinitely richer if you have seen the film that inspired it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2018

This is excellent and well worth the watch for any artist.

| Sep 22, 2013

...successfully capture a spirit largely missing in American cinema...

| Original Score: B- | Jun 10, 2009

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

A loving, even moving, homage to a man whose influence still reverberates today.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2005

It is so refreshing to see a film with not one wasted second, beautiful acting, and a total understanding of its source material.

| Original Score: A | Jun 17, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 5, 2005

Wit, energy, heart and soul!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 26, 2005

Informative, compelling, dramatic entertainment.

| Original Score: A | Jan 25, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2004

A personal film shot from the heart.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 14, 2004

Who knew Mario had this much passion and creativity in him? A great tribute to his father's obsessive brilliance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 10, 2004

both as an atmospheric, often funny look at the wild world of independent moviemaking and as a surprisingly touching story of father/son bonding.

| Sep 9, 2004

Disappoints in being so decorous, but it's still a good yarn; though Mario has always been too stolid as an actor, he surrounds himself here with some reliably good turns.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 29, 2004

... so charged with love and a kind of astonished admiration that it would be small and unkind to dwell on its moments of clumsiness.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 25, 2004

The most intriguing portions of this drama involve tales of how the elder Peebles circumvents the system in order to keep the camera rolling.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 20, 2004

It's an exhausting, and exhaustingly pleasurable, entertainment.

Full Review | Aug 1, 2004

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 30, 2004