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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: Twentieth Century Fox
Salesrank: 15590
Released: April 21, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/21/2009 Run time: 129 minutes Rating: R
Description of Notorious (Three-Disc Edition + Digital Copy):
In music terms, Brooklyn’s Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace was a hip-hop superstar to rival Oakland’s Tupac Shakur. In movie terms, however, 2Pac has long overshadowed B.I.G. with the films he made as an actor and the documentaries that followed in the wake of his similarly-unsolved murder. George Tillman Jr. (Soul Food, Men of Honor) aims to correct that imbalance with Notorious, the authorized biography of the larger-than-life New York rapper. Produced by his mother, Voletta Wallace (played by Angela Bassett), and record producer Sean "Puffy" Combs (Derek Luke), Tillman presents Biggie as a bright child who grew up to be a drug dealer before finding his true calling on stage, only to be cut down in the prime of life. In his feature-film debut, Jamal "Gravy" Woolard captures Biggie's complexity--the loyalty to his crew, the disloyalty to his ladies (including Lil' Kim and Faith Evans)--but struggles to make him as sympathetic as the figure that emerges in Nick Broomfield's Biggie & Tupac, simply because the script relies too heavily on the usual musical-bio clichés. Fortunately, several bright spots elevate the scenario, such as Anthony Mackie as Pac, Christopher Wallace Jr. as young Biggie, and Woolard's rapping, which segues seamlessly into B.I.G.'s (the soundtrack mixes original tracks with remakes). If Notorious isn't a failure, it isn't a triumph either, but Tillman has crafted it with love and respect, and only a stone could remain unmoved by the real-life funeral footage at the end. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Notorious (Three-Disc Edition + Digital Copy) Reviews:
I love Biggie. But I also love Tupac. 
2009-10-06 - i felt like this movie was biased and lop-sided. didnt really show any part of tupac's side of the story, and it made him look like the bad guy of the story. also made him look like a b!tch. the real enemy of this story was the bitterness between tupac and biggie because of the media and the whole east coast/west coast rivalry, when in the end, they're all brothers trying to get up out of the ghetto and really weren't as different as they thought.
america's critic 
2009-09-12 - this was otstanding-- loved it acting was great story was awesome guy playing 2pac sucked why did they use him no clue-- lil kim girl was super hot omg fine,,, sounding on dvd was great a great movie altogether!!!
Good movie I loved it . did anyone catch ?
2009-09-07 - i loved this movie . did anyone catch the man wearing a red suit at the peterson auto museum when BIG was leaving ? does that mean Biggies family thinks it was david mack ?
Good movie 
2009-09-02 - i took off 1 star cause i am sooo tired of Angela Bassett playing these roles ,I know there are other black actresses that can play these parts, she is getting on my nerves,otherwise i would have like this movie
Notorius
2009-08-17 - This movie provided a glimpse into the life of what some people say the greatest rapper ever. His life was tragically cut short on his up the ladder to an even more successful career in the world of hip hop. Very interesting movie and definately recommend this movie if you are a fan of hip hop and the rapper this movie is based upon The Notorious B. I. G..
