NO-NO-NOtorious

A few weeks back I wrote this hoping that the new Biggie biopic was worthy of the poetic rapper. It is not. Jamal Woodward is great and gets Big's flow right. But there are a lot of problems with Notorious- not least the script and glamourising of guns, drugs, bitches and bling.

At first it feels like Everybody Hates Chris with Crack Cocaine. There is even a hilarious moment when Biggie's mom throws away a plate of the drug cos she thinks it is mashed potato! Puff Daddy says clunky lines like "You have to change yourself before you can change the world." There are many more problems with the film- not least the portrayal of women.

Save your cinema money and buy THIS and THIS. Oh and watch the above. "And if you don't know/ Now you know..."