A teenage boy makes a joking remark to a teenage girl about "phone sex. A young man makes a sexually suggestive remark and grabs his fly while rapping. Two young teen boys grab their crotches as they pass each other on the street. We hear gunshots in a building, we see two men with guns punching and kicking two other men, and a man comes off an elevator and has blood on his shirt and head he complains of pain.
Men with guns threaten another man. A man grabs his wife and shoves her, and she throws something at him he is not struck. A man grabs a woman and shoves her against a wall and she yells at him.
A woman forces her way into a hotel room where she finds her husband and another woman he is in bed, presumably after having had sex ; she punches the other woman in the face several times. A woman slaps her son he's a young adult in the face and tells him to leave her home. We see a funeral procession and people grieving. A man makes a comment about wanting to "stick me for my paper. A woman tells her son that she has breast cancer and another man talks about having lost his mother to cancer when he was We read that a man died at the age of 25 from multiple gunshot wounds.
LANGUAGE 10 - About F-words and its derivatives, 35 sexual references, 79 scatological terms, 16 anatomical terms, 43 mild obscenities, 46 derogatory terms for African-Americans, name-calling fat, ugly, train tracks, dumb, stupid, bums, chicks , 1 religious exclamation. Raised on the hard-scrabble streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant, the groundbreaking musician carried guns, dealt drugs, went to prison, fell in love, cheated on his wife and his girlfriend All of these events and more unfold onscreen -- accompanied by strong profanity, drinking, nudity, violence, and drug use -- making for a movie that's not only too intense for early teens and younger but one that demands discussion with older teens.
Add your rating See all 4 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 6 kid reviews. Jamal Woolard -- was a Brooklyn boy with a talent for rhythm and rhyme, scribbling poetic lyrics furiously on the steps of his building. Despite his mother Voletta's Angela Bassett watchful eye and protective embrace, the call of the streets proves too loud, and soon he's trading crack at the corner. Later, he ends up doing time for his crimes, but music is a bigger lure, and Biggie knows it's his path to salvation and survival.
But there are plenty of detours and obstacles ahead of him. There are lots of fascinating details for instance, that young Christopher changed clothes on the roof of his building so that Voletta wouldn't wonder where he was getting the money to buy expensive name brands and tons of drama the implosion of Biggie's friendship with Tupac ; the love triangle with Lil' Kim and Faith Evans.
Credit is due to the casting director who wisely picked Woolard, a rapper-actor who steps into Biggie's shoes and wears them more than comfortably. His Biggie is finely tuned, and he commands the mic in nearly the same way the rapper once did.
Still, with so much ground to cover, Notorious glosses over moments -- how Biggie put his groundbreaking rhymes together and decided what stayed and went, for one -- on which it should linger. And with so much time spent on his troubles, the reconciliations and triumphs -- his impact on the music scene, for instance -- feel rushed. Nonetheless, Notorious rightly lets Biggie's music take center stage. Every time it comes on, we're reminded of Biggie's notoriety, charm, and genius.
Families can talk about what appeals to teens about Biggie. Do they feel the film glamorizes him? How do your teens feel about Biggie's lyrics? And what messages do they take away from both his music and his life?
Can they tell what the biases of the film makers are? The film portrays Notorious B. How does that industry, in turn, influence people who listen to the music it produces? Why do you think they've been so popular with both listeners and critics? How accurate do you think the movie is? Why might filmmakers add or alter the truth in movies based on true stories? Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.
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Parents' Ultimate Guide to Support our work! Corona Column 3 Use these free activities to help kids explore our planet, learn about global challenges, think of solutions, and take action. Movie review by S. Bassett doesn't play Voletta as a conventional grasping mamma. She believes in tough love and throws his son out of their apartment after she finds cocaine under the bed. Few actors are better at fierce resolve than Bassett, and she provides a baseline for her son's fall and eventual rise.
The real Voletta is pictured in the Broomfield documentary, where in she looks like -- an older Angela Bassett. George Tillman Jr. In "Notorious," they show how talent can lift a kid up off the street corner, but can't protect him in a culture of violence. The whole gangsta rap posture was dangerous, as B.
He also proved his acting ability in " Gridlock'd ," Vondie Curtis-Hall's film in which he co-starred with Tim Roth. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Rated R for pervasive language, strong sexuality including dialogue, nudity, and for drug content. Jamal Woolard as Notorious B. Angela Bassett as Voletta.
Derek Luke as Sean Combs. Antonique Smith as Faith Evans. Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur. Naturi Naughton as Lil Kim.
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