Notorious.

After taking one black film class I feel qualified to review the film Notorious. Just kidding, there is no way that I could be considered qualified to do anything besides chill and drink thanks to my liberal arts education. But, I am willing to put my honest to god opinion on screen so others know what they're in for before they go.
The film does has it's fair share of problems, the biggest might be the casting of the film. Aside from BIG the only good physical match was Naturi(the dark 3lw girl) playing little kim. The biggest failure was the actor choosen to play Tupac. he looks nothing like Tupac, and captured none of Tupac's energy or charisma. The actor playing faith bore a passing resembelence to the real Faith, but from the videos of faith that I've seen not much else.
Overall the acting was pretty terrible, with Naturi providing the best performance, ie capturing the sexuality of lil Kim by baring her breasts early and often, and actually at times becoming hard to distinguish from lil kim. The only thing Gravy managed to capture from biggie was his nasally breathing difficulties, but then he was also a fat bastard in the movie so that might've come naturally. Even the usually respectable Angela Bassett seems like a bad actress in this movie.
The cinematography was for the most part basic, I don't know who shot this but he fucked up by not borrowing from the cinematography of BIG's music video's. The final scene focused on Biggie's mother's face and the video of Biggie's last ride through brooklyn does redeem the director.
The dialogue and storyline are at best uninteresting, and it feels like very little is done to really flesh out biggie's character. My overall verdict is to download this, but don't waste your money.