Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
- rap music
- ghetto
- murder
- death
- boom box
- rapping
- crack addict
- gold tooth
- praying
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jamal Woolard
Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace
Derek Luke
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Naturi Naughton
Lil' Kim
Anthony Mackie
Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
- Antonique Smith — Faith Evans
- Angela Bassett — Voletta Wallace
- Marc John Jefferies — Lil Cease
- Sean Ringgold — Suge Knight
- C.J. Wallace — Biggie (age 8-13)
- Dennis L.A. White — Damion 'D-Roc' Butler
- Mohamed Dione — Record Executive at Party
- Menyone DeVeaux — Hot Girl
- Ginger Kroll — Debbie
- Ricky Smith — Wally
- Amanda Christopher — Keisha
- Directed
- George Tillman Jr.
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 812 ratings
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
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.
