Patti Cake$ (2017) on Netflix
Patricia Dombrowski tends bar and raps as Killa P in New Jersey, hoping for a record deal. Her friend Jheri rhymes with her, and her grandmother's medicine bills are piling up.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.8/1010,881 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
Patti Dombrowski, who is 23, tends bar at Lou's in small-town New Jersey and lives with her mother, Barb, and her grandmother, Nana, whose medical treatment has left bills the family cannot pay. Patti's father walked out on them, and the regulars at Lou's all know Barb. Patti raps as Killa P and wants a record deal from O-Z, a local rap star; her friend Hareesh, known as Jheri, wants one too. Danny, a dealer, gives them a flyer for a rap show, where Patti and Jheri watch the solo performer Basterd The Antichrist get booed offstage. Patti tries to follow him afterward, but he rides off on his bike.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Patti Cake$ (2017)
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- Patti Cake$ received distribution offers from Lionsgate, Focus Features, Neon, Amazon Studios, The Orchard and Annapurna Pictures, but Fox Searchlight Pictures bought the rights for $9.5 million, the third largest deal of the Sundance Film Festival behind Amazon's The Big Sick and Netflix's Mudbound.
