Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 117
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 98
While it may be based upon 50 Cent's own life experiences, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is too similar to many other rags-to-riches stories to resonate.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 24
While it may be based upon 50 Cent's own life experiences, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' is too similar to many other rags-to-riches stories to resonate.
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Hip-hop star 50 Cent makes his movie debut in this hard-edged urban drama inspired by the rapper's own life. Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, aka 50 Cent) grew up in a tough New York neighborhood and was left to fend for himself after the death of his mother when he was a kid. Marcus fell in with a powerful crime boss (Bill Duke) who gave him an opportunity to make a good living -- by selling drugs. While Marcus has misgivings about his life of crime and has an interest in expressing himself as
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Cast
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Curtis Jackson
Marcus -
Leon
Slim -
Sullivan Walker
Grandpa -
Russell Hornsby
Odell -
Serena Reeder
Katrina -
Mpho Koaho
Junebug -
Bill Duke
Levar -
Terrence Howard
Bama -
Marc John Jefferies
Young Marcus -
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Majestic -
Omar Benson Miller
Keryl -
Viola Davis
Grandma -
Tory Kittles
Justice -
Ashley Walters
Antwan -
Joy Bryant
Charlene -
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
Marcus -
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All Critics (129) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (99) | DVD (20)
50 Cent has some good moments, but other times he seems like little more than a blank slate.
Top CriticThis thinly autobiographical gangsta odyssey never achieves liftoff, and Jackson is unconvincing.
This isn't Sheridan's most complex or richest picture, but there's lots of life to it: This is an unapologetically glossy pop product, powered by a strong, old-fashioned sense of B-movie melodrama.
Director Jim Sheridan and screenwriter Terence Winter have difficulty fashioning these events into a story that has a coherent point or purpose.
The story and action are serviceable, but there's very little spark in the wooden screen presence of the star and the dearth of subtext or style from the director.
The film's inability to resist the lure of maximum exploitation becomes frustrating.
Sheridan's surface vividness is applied around a vacuum
Mythic story based on 50 Cent's life. Violent -- not for kids.
People behind the movie will no doubt get rich, but it's a shame they didn't try harder to make a better picture.
50 Cent dies for our sins in disappointing screen debut.
...a distinctly tedious piece of work.
Marcus sells dope. Marcus buys a gun. Marcus buys a microphone. Marcus goes to prison. Marcus gets shot. Marcus makes a movie about his life that no one goes to see.
Embora limitado como ator, 50 Cent tem carisma para segurar o filme, que acaba falhando não em função do rapper, mas de seu roteiro convencional que soa como pálida imitação de 8 Mile.
A better film than "8 Mile". An impressive debut for the coin-coined music superstar.
Its real danger is that it sets a precedent for the director; if the price is right he's on board.
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- Marcus: Your like a god to me.
- Levar: No son, I am god.
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