Notorious (2009)
Directed by George Tillman Jr.
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
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What critics compared Notorious to
"Notorious", thank goodness, is not a Hollywood remake of the 1946 Cary Grant-Ingrid Bergman Hitchcock classic.
Last year, when I heard about a film on the way called Notorious, I was concerned that there would be an "updating" of Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name.
If you ignore 8 Mile, the thinly veiled Eminem biopic-or-isn’t-it, and the TLC biopic CrazySexyCool, which was straight-to-TV, the most significant to date has been 2009’s mediocre Notorious, about the New York City legend Notorious B.I.G., which had a rather successful opening weekend before losing steam at the box office.
Laced with an indelibly chosen soundtrack, each song selection adding to the tone and emotion of each scene, and topped by bright, innovative cinematography by Michael Grady (2009's " Notorious ,") above-average for the genre, the picture is a hugely fun time, and then more than that.