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Notorious

2009

George Tillman Jr.

Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie ...

6.3

3,821

Drama The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Notorious is a good film in many ways, but its best achievement is the casting of Jamal Woolard, a rapper named Gravy, in the title role. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"While 'Notorious' is well-made, it mythologizes someone who treated people, particularly women, with disrespect and whose life and art glamorized drug use, promiscuity and violence. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Anyone looking for a dispassionate, evenhanded account of the life of Biggie Smalls (...) will be disappointed, perhaps even dismayed"	NEG
United States	Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader	"This engrossing biopic, throbbing with style and attitude, will likely add to his legend (...) The movie is frank about Biggie (...) but emphasizes his humanity"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"As mainstream hip hop becomes ever more predictable, so do the biopics about its stars (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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