Poetic Justice
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Movie Reviews of Poetic Justice
Movie Review: good to watch if you like tupac or janet jackson
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was produced good, janet gets a chance to show of her acting skills for the first time in a long time since doing Fame in the 80's. I think she did an okay job, but if she were to do poetic justice today, the character justice would be a bit more convincing. But all in all, it's a good film and the plot and subplots were good. Also it was nice to see janet's hit song Again featured in the movie.Movie Review: Un-Poetic misinterpretations !!
Summary: 4 Stars
Originally , I wasn't going to write an online review about this film. Mainly because it came out , over a decade ago. However , I feel the need to defend it , from most of these other reviews.Therefore , I will explain two important points. 1) Alot of people dislike this film for the dialog. The film is based on people who are frustrated with the directions of their lives and the deterioration of their envioronment ( aka:hood ). The profanity might be abundant in the script , but it was coming from characters who vented their frustrations, that way.Not everyone in the hood cusses. But John Singleton's characters, do. Nobody protested Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas. I'm sure not every Italian cusses. 2) Alot of people say that there's too many things going on , in the movie. John Singleton said , in the commentary , that he deliberately , filmed that way. He was trying to cappture the realism of everyday life and exemplify the fact that things are still happening , irregardless of the problems of our central characters. Personally , I think John Singleton, did a phenominal job of juggling other delimas, from the side characters, without sacrificing the importance, of the dynamics between Justice and Lucky. Another director would've totally blown the task , altogether. As for the dvd , it offers a director's commentary ( which some reviewers , obviously didn't watch ) and previews of other Singleton, films. The film's theme is simple : Love can conquer all. All acting performances are excellent and the soundtrack is good ( old and new school , atleast in '93 ). * The featured cameo appearances, of Mayu Angelo, The Last Poets,and the dedicated acting from Tupac Shakur and Regina King, cement "Poetic Justice",into a significant and unforgettable film.Movie Review: My favorite singer in her first movie role
Summary: 4 Stars
I am going to try my best not to be biased towards Janet because she is my favorite entertainer. I am going to be blatantly honest with everyone because it's only fair.
"Poetic Justice" is not a movie that just anyone would enjoy. It is more suited for someone who is familiar with urban street life. A lot of people would be disgusted with this movie because of the profanity and violence. John Singleton did a nice job with writing the movie, keeping in mind that this is his second movie endeavor. I agree with the reviewers who stated that he tried to put too many situations in one movie, but I don't think he left anything out.
"Poetic Justice" is a motion picture about a young hairdresser from California named Justice (THE BEAUTIFUL JANET JACKSON) who has lost her mother, boyfriend and grandmother, and she feels somewhat alone in the world. In fact, John puts into the viewers mind that the only person she really has is her best friend, Iesha (Regina King). In the beginning of the movie Justice has just lost her boyfriend and is obviously very bitter about that. She seems to take the anger out on Lucky (2 Pac). Lucky likes Justice but she is still not over her late boyfriend. Lucky and Iesha's boyfriend, Chicago (Joe Torry) have to take a trip to drop some packages off because they are mail men. Chicago asks Iesha to come along and to bring a friend, so she brings Justice. While on their way to drop off the packages, Lucky tries to have conversations with Justice, but she is really hurt about the loss of the boyfriend, so she is in no mood for talking. She is very bitchy towards Lucky and he gets mad and they begin to argue throughout the movie until they discover that they have much in common. As stated, there are other situations in the movie that hang by the waist side.
When one is acting, it should not be visible that he or she is acting. The actor is supposed to make you believe that you are that person. Janet obviously did her best, but she just is not believable. She's supposed to be a "ghetto girl", but anyone could easily see right through her. Maybe it wasn't the best role for her, or maybe she just didn't have enough real life experience. She did a good, but not great job.
I enjoyed this movie, but it's very necessary for me to reiterate that I don't think it's for everyone.
Movie Review: Average film in every way
Summary: 3 Stars
including direction, which was surprising since John Singleton did so well previously with Boyz. PJ had 2 basic problems:
1) The plot went all over the place, and in the end, went almost nowhere. Many things were left unresolved, many things started and then went nowhere, too many sub-stories, many things that should've been covered weren't.
2) The acting was either average or overdone. Regina King, who's usually so great, chewed scenery almost constantly. Tupac's role was OK; he did much better in other films. Most of this one he was trying to be too brooding or too deep, and it didn't work. Janet was 100% average. There was nothing about her role or acting that was beyond mediocre. 100 other actresses could've done just as well or even better. Her character just wasn't believeable. That's blatantly obvious to anyone who watches the film objectively. And Joe Torry, while he's a surprisingly competent actor, couldn't get past the one-dimensionaltity of his character. The other roles were basically throwaways; small and non-standouts. All in all, catch it on cable unless you're a rabid Janet or Tupac fan. Otherwise the one to buy is Boyz.
Movie Review: Janet saves this movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Poetic Justice" is a decent movie. It's getting a 5 star rating from me because of Janet's performance. Janet really does a great job in the role of Justice.
The biggest gripe I have with this movie is the fighting/bickering that goes on among the characters. It gets pretty old quickly.