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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

2005

Jim Sheridan

Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Terrence Howard, Joy Bryant, Bill Duke ...

5.8

4,392

Drama An orphaned street kid becomes a powerful drug dealer, then turns away from crime to pursue a promising music career.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A film with a rich and convincing texture, a drama with power and anger (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The film is shockingly light on music and heavy on crime scenes that play as bogus (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The parts of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' that feel most genuine have to do with friendship and family, rather than with criminal intrigue. But the movie ultimately lacks an emotional core"
		Sam Sutherland Exclaim!	"[This] is nothing more than a hilariously vacuous cash grab"
		Nathan Rabin AV Club	"An ambitious, accomplished, but often frustrating drama (...) Parts of 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' crackle with energy, vitality, and texture (...) But 50's leaden turn drags the film down."
		John Ferguson Radio Times	"Although the story is partly based on his life, it's virtually indistinguishable from the cliché-ridden straight-to-video gangsta thrillers that proliferated in the early 2000s (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Rob Carnevale BBC	"[Sheridan] is ill served by a clichéd script that reduces most characters to stereotype and a curiously flat performance from Jackson (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Harry Guerin RTÉ	"Those who have followed Sheridan's career will find nothing here to interest them and 50 Cent fans won't have much to wax lyrical about either (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"

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