Raetsonwe
Redundant and unnecessary.
Moustroll
Good movie but grossly overrated
Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
santiagocosme
I know a director needs to stick to reality when he does a movie based on real events, but somehow, I can't help but think that he could have done a lot more with the story of a Hip Hop star who got murdered in strange circumstances. Notorious rose to stardom in the blink of an eye, at least for the American audience. His catchy lyrics and great personality made him a superstar in no time. However, a sort of conflict between the East and West Coast emerged, and the resulting tension that arose form the situation ended up with the lives of two of the brightest rap stars of the decade. Now, the disappointing is that everything I just wrote I already knew before watching the movie. What else did I learn? Well Notorious seemed a bit of a nerd when he was young, he slept with loads of women, and smoked pot. I could have guessed 2 out of these 3. I don't think Notorious is a particularly good or bad movie. Just very average, but I have the sneaky feeling you can get a better deal but watching some of the documentaries about his life on Youtube.
palumbo93
First of all I have to say Notorious BIG is my favourite rapper and one of my favourite music artists ever! I also love a lot of Puff Daddy's 90's music so obviously straight away I'm going to love something about this movie.... The music! The performances are perfect and the man that plays biggie acts as him perfectly. Also all the other actors are superb and all of them seem like the real people that they are acting as. But then this can also be a huge turn off for some people. People that don't like rap music, or Bad Boys records then you are probably not going to enjoy this movie as much because you don't really care about the people as much because you don't respect them for their music. But if your like me and absolutely love rap music especially the early 90's rap and love Biggie's music this is a must watch!
emilornkr
I loved this movie. I had been listening to Biggies music for about two years before I heard about the movie. So I watched it as soon as I could, and I loved it. It is really nice to be able to see a part of his life.There was this one thing that bothered me a lot. When he got rich, and the started showing how rich he was, and showing bling, money and cars. There was this one shot of a car dealer showing cars that weren't made until long after Biggie was shot. There was this Corvette and a Mercedes, which didn't exist when he was alive.I loved everything else, great film for fans of the Notorious B.I.G
darklydreamingrahu
Notorious kept my interest until the end. I thought Woolard did a great Biggie and the set pieces were spot on. The editing and production value was tight and the plot seemed to flow well. The music was perfect for the time it was representing, and the east/west coast rivalry of the mid 90s was portrayed well. Unfortunately Notorious is a safe movie, hardly shedding any light on Christopher Wallace and the "gangster" times. The Tupac issue was treaded lightly and I never really felt the connection. You would think with Sean Combs as a producer, we could get a real behind the scenes feel of the boiling situation, but instead we get a watered down, submissive, cliché biopic. All in all Notorious is a decent movie with a great actor at the helm. If you are a Biggie fan, watch it for a trip down memory lane, but don't expect to learn any more about the deep, sometimes disturbing Christopher Wallace. 7.2/10
