All Eyez on Me

Lionsgate | Release Date: June 16, 2017

4.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 75 Ratings

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KadeemluvmusicJun 19, 2017

Once I saw the "All Eyez On Me" movie, it was all filler but no substance. And that's why this movie bores me to death. The acting was great, though both Jamal Woolard and newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr. stole the show and deliver solidOnce I saw the "All Eyez On Me" movie, it was all filler but no substance. And that's why this movie bores me to death. The acting was great, though both Jamal Woolard and newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr. stole the show and deliver solid performances of two of the most decorated and storytelling iconic rappers ever, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. I just didn't like the Jada Pinkett one in the movie because trust me, she didn't act like the star who I know and loved today. It's just the characters that is totally messed up big time (not Biggie and 2Pac). The story... What story? It's like every 2Pac fan knows that he influences on what can happen if people doesn't change for a better life when it comes to violence, gangbangers, etc. and showcasing that 2Pac is not your ordinary auteur of rap, but he is a definitive hero in all of us and after his career cut way too short during the controversial battle between East Coast and West Coast rappers started to turn heads and all led to one of the worst tragedies in the Hip-Hop landscape and still remains unsolved to this very day. And that's why I lost touch with a forgettable script only if you could master the art of rap biopics if used properly in the vein of "Straight Outta Compton" (one of the most talked-about biopics of all time) remembering the good times and the bad times N.W.A has been going through from humble beginnings, contract issues, The LA Riots of 92, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre went seperate ways and done solo careers altogether, until "Eazy-E" Wright succumb to AIDS and that's how you make a biopic that is very edgy, raw, and exquisite. As for "All Eyez On Me," this didn't quite fit the picture. I'm also pissed off at the end of the movie where they didn't mention about 2Pac's mom and widow, Afeni Shakur, who passed away last year due to cardiac arrest at 69. For a movie that somehow trying to reminisce the late rapper's rise to superstardom and his ability to make peace not war is very insulting. Releasing the movie to theaters just came after 2Pac's posthumous 46th Birthday and now a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2017 is that nobody doesn't want to pay a ticket to see this movie, always listen to his music and spread the message to everyone why they still listen to 2Pac every time his messages will inspire a generation. "All Eyez On Me" is the worst movie of 2017 (so far).… Expand

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LinttaFlamingoMay 21, 2018

The music's good, but this movie can take a long walk off a short d*ck.

This film gets it immediately wrong. It starts with Tupac being interviewed in jail and it's done in a documentary kind of way with flashbacks and all, and it doesn'tThe music's good, but this movie can take a long walk off a short d*ck.

This film gets it immediately wrong. It starts with Tupac being interviewed in jail and it's done in a documentary kind of way with flashbacks and all, and it doesn't work. It feels so unnatural. The film basically jumps to different times constantly, and I had no idea when was when and what was happening. The first 90 minutes almost feel like going between four to five different scenes over and over again. It lacks creativity and every scene feels exactly the same with characters just delivering terrible expository dialogue. It's boring, annoying, all the dialogue sounds the exact same and the random jumping between different times and characters literally gives me no chance to even try to care about anyone else than Tupac. Sure, it's a film about Tupac but this back and forth running between random terribly acted characters gives me a f*cking migraine.

The film feels cheaply and negligently made. The colors are ugly, the directing is bland, the editing is ass and so many scenes are just done in the exact same spot that it feels like they just couldn't afford or bother to shoot somewhere else. So many times I was watching a scene and just thinking if anyone seriously even bothered with this wank. Tupac's audition scene to Digital Underground was probably the most slapdash made "scene" of the whole film. Also Snoop Dogg's portrayal was very forced in. He had little to no screen time which all of was very pointless, and his dubbing was so unnecessary and low effort. I think the guy can talk himself too.

But the weirdest thing about the film is that in a movie about a musician there are barely any music scenes. Seriously, this bollocks has only like two or three of those. The ones that are there are ok. The music is of course good and the scenes have some nice camera movement between stage and the crowd and Demetrius Shipp Jr. is very believable, but why on earth are there so few of them? Was the movie so goddamn busy to get back to the terrible exposition tosh? In this 2 hour and 20 minute movie. I do not f*cking know but this is bollocks.

The film does succeed though in making Tupac seem like someone who simply wanted his message out to the world in his music and it's respectable. That's all!… Expand