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www.rollingstone.com - : Rapping as 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson is a hip-hop king. But acting out a fictionalized, sanitized version of his life in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackson loses his throne. The emotions Eminem brought to 8 Mile are buried in Jackson's stubborn impassivity as Marcus, an orphan of the drug wars. The idea of Fiddy teaming up with Irish director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) was just nuts enough to pay off. Sheridan, working with a script by Sopranos house writer Terence Winter, connects with the family elements as young... more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : Marcus is a young boy with a dream of becoming a rap star. When his mother is brutally murdered, he is left to deal with life on the streets as best he can, which in the urban environs of New York City generally means selling drugs. He grows up hard and fast, falling in with a group of gangsters including a Godfather-like figure called Levar (Bill Duke) and the charismatic Majestic (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), both of whom have secrets -- and a special interest in Marcus. After he is shot nine times, Marcus decides to return to his dream, but that will mean breaking old ties and learning to take revenge with rhyme rather than a gun. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Get Rich or Die Tryin' '' offers a limited range of choices, but we'll probably never see a film titled ''Get By and Don't Die.'' The film is inspired by the haunting life story of Curtis ''50 Cent'' Jackson, who never knew his father, whose drug dealer mother was killed when he was young, who sold drugs on the streets of New York City and survived gunshot wounds to become one of the best-selling recording artists of modern times. It has been an amazing life, and he is only 30. more...
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