Notorious
Movie Title: Notorious
Description: This biopic from executive producer Sean "Diddy" Combs explores the life and death of East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. Newcomer Jamal Woolard stars as Biggie Smalls, but big names fill out the rest of the cast: Angela Bassett plays the rapper's mother, Derek Luke costars as Combs, and Anthony Mackie plays rival Tupac Shakur. Bassett's real life counterpart, Voletta Wallace, acts as one of the film's producers.
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Rated: 4.2 Avg. with 132 votes
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Critics Reviews | |
| Boston Globe, Wesley Morris "Built around a relaxed but vibrant performance by the rapper and first-time actor Jamal Woolard..." | B- |
| Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert "...a good film in many ways..." | A- |
| Chicago Tribune, Matt Pais "B.I.G. personalities, complicated legacies make this music biopic surprisingly G.O.O.D." | B |
| E! Online, Matt Stevens "...this rapper flick is for real." | B- |
Staff Reviews
Notorious: The Mystery Undiscovered
Finally, a movie that does not let the audience even to move for a minute from their seats and just let them enjoy the total duration of the same. Notorious has been directed by George Tillman Jr, who has tried his best to assemble this first rate picture. It comes across the big screen as a milieu with vivid characters and strong emotional scenes.
Notorious is one among those mysterious movies wherein the core centre of the movie is Biggie, whose real enigmatic character is never clearly portrayed. Even though it fails to connect the thinking of the director with the acting being portrayed, yet in no ways it fails to showcase the talent of both the director and the actors. There is no denying the fact that somewhere Notorious loses it tracks, yet, the roles played by actors Angela Bassett, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith and Julia Pace Mitchell are perfect to the T. The movie also features Kevin Phillips and C. Malik Whitfield, who play the role of Biggie’s manager. Again, the role of Puffy Combs has been ably performed by Derek Luke.
The story of the movie has a start from a music concert, which was held at Los Angles. There, Biggie leaves the show and appears as a narrator, who would narrate his own story with a feel of his own life moving just before his eyes. The production house of Notorious comprises of Biggie’s mother and her managers and the executive producer of the movie is Sean Combs. The screenplay is given by Cheo Hodari Coker and Reggie Rock Bythewood.
To conclude, the movie, Notorious, is a nice combination of acting and script. It is at least a ‘one-time-watch’ for all categories of moviegoers and the best part is the climax, where till the end the mystery remains undiscovered and you would wonder, who Biggie was.
Finally, a movie that does not let the audience even to move for a minute from their seats and just let them enjoy the total duration of the same. Notorious has been directed by George Tillman Jr, who has tried his best to assemble this first rate picture. It comes across the big screen as a milieu with vivid characters and strong emotional scenes.
Notorious is one among those mysterious movies wherein the core centre of the movie is Biggie, whose real enigmatic character is never clearly portrayed. Even though it fails to connect the thinking of the director with the acting being portrayed, yet in no ways it fails to showcase the talent of both the director and the actors. There is no denying the fact that somewhere Notorious loses it tracks, yet, the roles played by actors Angela Bassett, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith and Julia Pace Mitchell are perfect to the T. The movie also features Kevin Phillips and C. Malik Whitfield, who play the role of Biggie’s manager. Again, the role of Puffy Combs has been ably performed by Derek Luke.
The story of the movie has a start from a music concert, which was held at Los Angles. There, Biggie leaves the show and appears as a narrator, who would narrate his own story with a feel of his own life moving just before his eyes. The production house of Notorious comprises of Biggie’s mother and her managers and the executive producer of the movie is Sean Combs. The screenplay is given by Cheo Hodari Coker and Reggie Rock Bythewood.
To conclude, the movie, Notorious, is a nice combination of acting and script. It is at least a ‘one-time-watch’ for all categories of moviegoers and the best part is the climax, where till the end the mystery remains undiscovered and you would wonder, who Biggie was.
Review by Army