Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Parker Lewis The send-up of black stereotypes really stood out in one moment in the movie, where there's a TV commercial for the Robert Taylor Black Acting School where all the instructors are white and they "teach" African- American actors how to act black. Very sharp and so true.I know there's freedom of speech and so on, but seriously, the gratuitous swearing in Hollywood Shuffle turned me off. I know that people will say that swearing is part of life and movies need to reflect life, but really, I never heard anyone say after a movie "I wish the movie had more swearing!!" Really, when you think about it, the Batman trilogy didn't need to have swearing on every second line, but it became a mega-success.

view_and_review It was '92 or '93, I was home channel surfing and I saw Robert Townsend. I thought, "I'll give this movie a shot, I like Robert Townsend". I caught the movie in the middle but I watched it to completion. This movie was such a riot that I went out and rented it so that I could see it from beginning to end. Robert Townsend had me in stitches.The movie is a comedy about the stereotyping that goes on in Hollywood. It follows a young aspiring actor named Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) and his arduous road to becoming a Hollywood star. It's done in almost skit style as Bobby Taylor lapses into a series of daydreams that puts him in different roles. Each daydream is just a ball of laughs. Townsend approaches a delicate subject in an hysterical manner but still drives home a good message.Absolutely my favorite Townsend performance.

Newsense Hollywood Shuffle is one of the best black comedies of all-time. It served as a big f--- you to Hollywood for its sickening portrayal of black people. Robert Townsend used comedy for a great purpose(to convey a truth) and it worked out splendidly.Premise: Bobby(played by Robert Townsend) has dreams of making it big in Hollywood. He works for a crummy hot dog stand called Rinky-Dinky Dog(no, really) with idiotic co-workers as well as an idiotic boss. The only problem Bobby faces is the negative roles that Follywood tends to offer black people. He soon has to make a decision if he wants to go with the BS roles of the movie industry or to go a different route.Opinion: This movie hits the nail on the head with the types of roles that Follywood has destined for us to play. Its funny as well as sharp in its delivery. The Black Acting School skit has to be the funniest sketch in the movie. The black detective is the second funniest thing. Sure most people might say that the acting is over-the-top but these actors who play in the types of movies that Hollywood Shuffle parodies are always over the top with their performance so what are you talking about? I respect Hollywood Shuffle for using humor to address a serious subject instead of stooping to the brainless comic dung that you get from these Chittlin Circuit movies that are produced nowadays. And the sad thing is that people are trouncing gems like Hollywood Shuffle while embracing minstrel rubbish like Soul Plane, Norbit, Code Name: The Cleaner, Juwanna Mann etc. A sad state of affairs. In closing I would say support comedies like Hollywood Shuffle any chance you get. They're the only bright light you get in the dark tunnel of comedy in Hollywood.

Woodyanders Director/co-writer Robert Townsend gives a wonderfully engaging performance as eager and affable aspiring actor Bobby Taylor, who's having trouble getting that one major role that will launch his career. While waiting for his big break Bobby daydreams about being a movie star. Townsend delivers a pointed, incisive and often uproarious comic critique of racial stereotypes in mainstream Hollywood fare with a series of spot-on and frequently sidesplitting parodies. "Sneakin' in the Movies," a hilariously rude spoof of TV review shows, rates as the definite gut-busting highlight: two hip homeboys from the hood give their profane opinions on recent theatrical releases (they both give one flick they totally hate the finger!). Other amusing skits are "Black Acting School" (one of the courses is Jive Talk 101), the blaxploitation send-up "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge," and the tongue-in-cheek private eye romp "Death of A Breakdancer." Townsend effortlessly carries the picture with his supremely amiable presence. Excellent supporting turns by Helen Martin as Bobby's loving grandmother, Anne-Marie Johnson as Bobby's loyal girlfriend Lydia, Starletta Dupois as Bobby's sweet mother, Craigus R. Johnson as Bobby's adorable younger brother Stevie, David McNight as Bobby's sad failure Uncle Ray, Keenan Ivory Wayans and Ludie Washington as a couple of shiftless hot dog stand workers, and Dom Irrera as a low-rent schlock movie screenwriter. Moreover, there's a palpable feeling of genuine heart and warmth in this film which in turn adds immensely to its considerable charm. A real delight.