- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Jan 16, 2009
- Starring: Derek Luke, Jamal Woolard
- Summary:
- Director: George Tillman Jr
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 32
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Mixed: 12 out of 32
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Negative: 2 out of 32
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88A good film in many ways, but its best achievement is the casting of Jamal Woolard, a rapper named Gravy, in the title role.
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80Layering his film with the songs that made his subject an icon, Tillman is aware that Biggie connected with his audience because he told stories others instantly understood. Notorious does that, too.
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60Notorious settles into a curious comfort zone; it's half pop fable, half naturalistic docudrama. Not a bad movie, but nowhere near as strong as its soundtrack.
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30Absent the actual music, Notorious would be a lot worse.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 18
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Mixed: 3 out of 18
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Negative: 4 out of 18
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AshleyM.10I am a Big Biggie Fan and I know he died at the end but the movie move me so much to tears! He went before his time! I will always love Big Poppa!
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bobbym8
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JamesS7I thought derek luke did a great job playin Puff but Gravy was to shluby to play big,he had no star apeal to me.It was entertaing I liked it.
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AlexH4A boring passable film on one of the most convtroversal figures of his time, Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G.
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