I enjoyed it. Not the gritty documentary on the man's life (which I am still waiting to see), but an inspiring story that painted a very rosy picture of a young man coming up. Sometimes you need to see that story too. Casting was dead on except for Cease. Apparently the real cease is tiny but they didn't have to go tiny and young looking. My crowd laughed every time he made an appearance (same with Craig Mack).
Lil Kim shouldn't be made but should be thanking the filmmakers for her portrayal in the film. They made her very sympathetic as an abused woman as oppose to the common perception that she is just a slut. By the accounts I have always heard she barely had any relationship with Big.
Black Films have been in such a rut for so long (last one I saw in the theater was Babershop not coincidentally) a good movie like this should be supported.
********** "See he's organized, and he's on the ball. Never miss a day of school,and he's a underdog. Wanna learn more and more, cuz his mama taught him good. He's about to change the face of yo ghetto neighborhood." (c) Badu