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07/03/04
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Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:65
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: There's no question where the director's loyalty lies in this one-sided tribute; however, Tupac's charisma makes this doc an engaging sit.
Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $7,646,264
Synopsis: "This is my story, a story about ambition, violence, redemption and love." --Tupac Shakur Celebrating the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the top-selling hip-hop artists of all time, "Tupac:... [More]
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Reviews for Tupac: Resurrection
It's a little too forgiving of his more serious character flaws, and it skirts some of the more unpleasant aspects of his life, but it's a moving tribute in the end.
11/14/03
As its title suggests, Tupac: Resurrection is less concerned with analyzing Shakur than with bringing him back to life, for which his fans can only be grateful. For everyone else, this film provides an affecting, partial portrait.
11/13/03
Top CriticAn open-ended, honest portrait of a hugely talented young man.
11/14/03
Resurrection is clearly pitched to fans who want a warts-and-some, officially sanctioned memento of their fallen hero.
11/14/03
Don't expect investigative reporting.... Tupac: Resurrection is a trip through a man's head.
11/15/03
Informative and interesting reflections on his life by the man himself.
11/14/03
As engaging and complete a portrait as we are ever likely to get.
11/14/03
This poignant, albeit overly poetic documentary claims to capture the slain actor/rapper 'in his own words.' That aspect of it doesn't totally work, but plenty else does.
11/13/03
Top CriticThe winning conceit of producer/director Lauren Lazin's flamboyant documentary about the life of Tupac Shakur is that the late rapper's voice is the primary source the audience hears.
05/15/09
A compelling piece of propaganda.
11/13/03
Even if rap isn't your thing, Tupac's is an intriguing life story -- and nobody tells it better than him.
11/13/03
The film would have been strengthened if it had been a little more willing to challenge Tupac’s behaviour.
08/24/04
Tupac: Resurrection affirms that Tupac Shakur, the big rap star and a fine actor murdered in 1996 after surviving five bullets a few years earlier, can be resurrected, at least commercially.
11/14/03
By the time you've heard the gunshot that signals his 1996 death, you will feel that this world lost a very important voice.
11/14/03
Top CriticLazin and her editors have essentially made Tupac’s life as accessible as possible for the so-called MTV generation, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
11/11/03
Filmmaker Lauren Lazin has created a loving tribute to this late star as if he was her own son. Fans will approve.
09/24/03
Even if the warts in the portrait are reduced to mere blemishes, it provides as full a picture of a gifted artist as can be expected of an authorized biography.
11/13/03
A sympathetic but honest look at a man whose formidable talent was equaled only by his penchant for making bad choices.
11/13/03
A well-wrought, if highly subjective, introduction to Shakur, especially for the curious.
11/13/03
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