Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
- career
- street gang
- loss of loved one
- rapper
- attempted murder
- ghetto
- drugs
- semi autobiographical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Terrence Howard — Bama
- Viola Davis — Grandma
- Ashley Walters — Antwan
- Tory Kittles — Justice
- Marc John Jefferies — Young Marcus
- Sullivan Walker — Grandpa
- Bill Duke — Levar
- Mpho Koaho — Junebug
- Serena Reeder — Katrina
- Russell Hornsby — Odell
- Vanessa Madden — Marcus' Relative
- Directed
- Jim Sheridan
- Written
- Terence Winter
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 1,060 ratings
- Studio
- Cent Productions Inc., Paramount Pictures, MTV Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
