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Death of a Dynasty
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Musical
Written by: Adam Moreno
Directed by: Damon Dash
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 29, 2005
DVD: August 30, 2005
Running Time: 93 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for pervasive language, some drug and sexual content
Starring Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Devon Aoki, Capone, Robert Stapleton, Rashida Jones, and Damon Dash
In the spirit of "This is Spinal Tap," Death of a Dynasty offers a funny and satirical look behind the closed doors of Damon Dash's and Jay-Z's hip-hop empire. (TLA Releasing)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
An amiably raucous, scorched-earth mockumentary.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The picture repeats itself a lot, but Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Richard Harrington
Well shot and edited, Death of a Dynasty is hardly a comedy classic, but it's frequently on target.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
There are some funny moments and amusing cameos, but it's not enough to elevate this project's slapdash approach.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Peter L'Official
Dynasty is less interesting as a film than as a winking gloss on hip-hop's assembly line of beats, beefs, and B-list lyricists. That said, Capone does a killer dancin' Dash, James Toback's Lyor Cohen is a riot, and multi-credited comedian Kevin Hart should have his own Chappelleian series.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
Watching the rest of Damon Dash's playful movie is like entering a room where a large, too noisy party is going on and never fully adjusting to the dark or the din.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Inspired mockumentary-a-clef so clotted with in-jokes that it should come with a crib sheet.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
While those in the know will undoubtedly find something to appreciate in the film's wide-ranging if amateurish stabs at satire, the vast majority will feel left out of a private joke.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
There is a funny movie to be made from the outrageous egos and excesses of rap music. Death of a Dynasty is not that movie.
Read Full Review >Variety David Rooney
The execution is so amateurish and the script so witless the filmmakers appear to be having a far better time than the audience.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
A mockumentary that veers unsteadily between satire and an infomercial for Dash's Roc-A-Fella records.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Rashod D. Ollison
"This Is Spinal Tap" was brilliantly funny. Death of a Dynasty? Well, the movie is just dead.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bruce L. gave it a9:
A funny and interesting journey in the inner world of hip hop...great cameos.
