# The Players Club (1998)

> A single mother enters a lucrative strip-club job and fights to protect her cousin from the exploitation surrounding it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11978

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Ice Cube
- Cast: LisaRaye McCoy, Bernie Mac, Jamie Foxx, Ice Cube, Terrence Howard, Michael Clarke Duncan, Monica Calhoun, Faizon Love
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119905/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: gritty, provocative, melodramatic, adult movie night, 1990s cinema retrospective

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