Movie review: Aussie Danielle Macdonald shines as a bartender with a dream in 'Patti Cakes'
Patricia Dombrowski, a twentysomething New Jersey bartender and aspiring rap star played by the terrific Australian actress Danielle Macdonald, goes by many aliases.
To her best friend and biggest fan, Jheri (Siddharth Dhananjay), she's mostly "Killa P" and sometimes "Patti Cakes," which also serves as the title of this exuberant new musical comedy, a hearty feel-good stew of hip-hop and tough love served up by the writer-director Geremy Jasper.
Not all Patti's nicknames are quite so flattering. Nearly everyone in her unidentified neighborhood calls her "Dumbo." One charming customer (McCaul Lombardi) dismisses her as "White Precious," an insult that tells
