PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Danielle Macdonald is an absolute force as Patti, a New Jersey 20-something dreaming of hip-hop stardom against all odds, with Bridget Everett stunningly good as her bitter, hard-drinking, been-around-the-block single mother. This is Hustle and Flow and 8 Mile, Jersey-style. - Three stars