Get Rich or Die Tryin'

"This is an unapologetically glossy pop product, powered by a strong, old-fashioned sense of B-movie melodrama."

"A film with a rich and convincing texture, a drama with power and anger."

"Plays like a contrived cross between New Jack City and Hustle & Flow."

"Neither powerful nor interesting."

"Shockingly inert."

"The picture can't decide what it wants to be..."

"Jim Sheridan's film... lacks an emotional core."

"Ultimately, the biggest failure of Get Rich or Die Tryin' is that it doesn't do what 8 Mile did -- it doesn't make the case for its protagonist as a gifted person, and we don't come away understanding it as an artist's story."

"For all its biographical truth, Get Rich's journey into a ghetto of hustlers, gangstas and mindless violence is all too familiar."

"There's very little spark in the wooden screen presence of the star and the dearth of subtext or style from the director."