This story is based on the love between Alicia and Devlin. Alicia is very pleased with the relationship but she didn’t knew that Devlin was secretly attending to his conspiracy by taking advantage of her emotions.
18 May 1983, Haiti
1 December 1940, Peoria, Illinois, USA
29 October 1996, New York City, New York, USA
24 April 1974, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
15 August 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 August 1972, The Bronx, New York, USA
7 May 1978, Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 September 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
October 21, 2014
This film knows the lyrics, but not the music.
January 20, 2009
The movie leaves us with the sense that, twelve years after Biggie Smalls's death, a lot of people are trying to extract whatever profit or pride they can from the chaotic life of a young man who was, as he well knew, a work in progress.
January 20, 2009
If Milk set the standard for biopics in 2008, then 2009 is off to a strong start with Notorious.
February 12, 2009
As mainstream hip hop becomes ever more predictable, so do the biopics about its stars.
January 16, 2009
Notorious is like a piece of well-crafted bling. It looks good, and facets of it shine, but behind the gilded facade there's not much there.
July 07, 2009
Notorious is a tribute the rapper's contribution to pop culture.
April 21, 2009
You've heard of laundering money? Well, this film biography of rapper Notorious B.I.G. has all the earmarks of--not monetary but morality cleansing.
August 30, 2009
Though it never quite devolves into pure hagiography, the film's central tale of crack dealer made good is sometimes a little too hokey for its own good.
October 22, 2009
Absent the actual music, Notorious would be a lot worse.
January 20, 2009
Even if we miss the thinking that went into the creation of Wallace's B.I.G.-ger-than-life alter ego, the movie's performances are exultant.
June 22, 2016
Newcomer Jamal Woolard is a natural as the mammoth rapper, easily adopting Biggie's cheeky swagger and rasping speech... [But] the story suffers as it tries to capture every last moment of the rapper's life.
