Often graceful, sometimes brilliant, Poetic is an absorbing, amusing symphony of sound and image; it also gives equal weight to its male and female characters.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Poetic Justice is not ["Boyz N the Hood's"] equal, but does not aspire to be; it is a softer, gentler film, more of a romance than a commentary on social conditions.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
If Singleton, 25, stumbles, it is over ambition and not the complacency of a new Hollywood hotshot riding a trend.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Some of Poetic Justice is quite good, if unspectacular, and the dialogue has a consistent ring of truth.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
John Singleton's bizarre but viewable Boyz N the Hood follow-up is surprisingly gooey going. [23 Jul 1993]Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
While it's altogether smaller in its ambitions and achievements than Singleton's terrific "Boyz N the Hood," it at least allows Janet Jackson to emerge as a sympathetic presence, more credible than most pop singers making movie debuts. [23 July 1993]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Hal Hinson
It's more a brave movie than it is a good one, but at least Singleton has faced the unknown. And he deserves credit for the attempt.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Vincent Canby
Although its aspirations are high, the film works only fitfully when Mr. Singleton exercises his gift for vernacular speech, for finding the comic undertow in otherwise tragic situations, and even for parody.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
With Poetic Justice, John Singleton has (at least temporarily) lost his way, but he may have found an actor [Shakur] who can help lead him back.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Schickel
What must be said is that the new movie is simply awful: poorly structured, vulgarly written, insipidly directed, monotonously performed.Read Full Review »
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