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(1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1   D+ "Turns Biggie Smalls into an unpleasant, thoughtless caretaker of urban hopes and dreams, encased within a film that seeks to dust off a profitable legend instead of challenging a controversial legacy."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/5 "ignores what Biggie was, a great artist who believed in the power of storytelling, and transforms him into the flawed saint that he never was and, more importantly, never wanted to be"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 1.5/4 "If Notorious was meant to play as tragedy, it misses that mark by leaps and bounds. It's difficult to weep for a person who lived the years he was given as a rotten, big-headed soul with few, if any, redeeming qualities."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B "A reasonably well-crafted drama made with some skill and a lot of tenacity."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "A sanitized treatment that embraces every cliche of musical biography without shedding much real light on its subject."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Notorious doesn't quite convey how hip-hop felt in the '90s ... (but) it manages to put a few new scratches and stutters into the beats and breaks of the conventional pop-star movie."   AMCtv.com   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "In the first surprise of this short year, this little movie about a big rapper is a worthy testament to the man who would be B.I.G, and the first truly good Hip Hop biopic."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/5 "I kind of expect a puff piece with Sean Combs as the producer... pun intended."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C "As presented by the filmmakers, Wallace was a jumble of contradictions which they do nothing to explain."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "A big, bad bundle of biopic cliches, a glitzy whitewash filled with wince-inducing dialogue and propelled by a smug, from-beyond-the-grave voiceover."   Miss FlickChick   Maitland McDonagh "[G]ives new depth of meaning to the word hagiography..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "An evocative recreation of a decade-past (!) time in music whose creative, cultural, and social influences continue to resonate in the landscape today."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "Notorious is a well-made, compelling, and ultimately humane film, even if you don't like rap music."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "This movie will inevitably come up short when compared to documentaries like the one about the similarly brief life of the far more prolific rapper Tupac Shakur."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1/4 "If there's something praiseworthy about Notorious, it's that it pulls off the remarkable, ignominious feat of making its deceased subject less likeable than one remembers."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "This is a disappointingly conventional film that offers up all the key moments of B.I.G's life and a lot of his music but which fails at making the case for the ultimate importance of either one."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "Before giving in to sentiment, the film struggles to make us like this talented man who never quite grew up."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/4 "Although one may question how objective it is, considering it's produced by Wallace's mother and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, 'Notorious' is explosive, fun and entertaining."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1