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Genre :

Biography, Drama, Music

Release Date :

January 16, 2009

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

George Tillman Jr.

Starring :

Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie, Antonique Smith, Naturi Naughton, Dennis White, Julia Pace Mitchell

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..vibrant and somewhat compelling..”
by Tom Keogh [Seattle Times]
Review rate : C

“..mediocre celluloid life-after-death..”
by Travis Nichols [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
2.5 of 4

“..interesting..”
by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday]
2.5 of 4

“..engaging enough..”
by Dan DeLuca [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4

“..energetic, uneven..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
“..a messy, lively melodrama..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Review rate : B+
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Horgen [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Graham Killeen [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]

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posted by CarolineJKennard on Jan 08, 2009

this movie was off the hook hoochies

posted by im a biatch on Jan 23, 2009

Engaging, makes you think

posted by Mike Dhillon on Jan 28, 2009

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