A View From the Porch
By MARIO NAVES
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For 10 bucks plus change, you can now spend two hours in the company of 50 Cent, ne Curtis Jackson, the latest hip-hop MC to put down the mike and step in front of the camera. Alternately, you might spend that money on (used) copies of his hit albums, “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”and “The Massacre,” and spend an afternoon nodding your head to his lazy, seductive flow. I recommend the latter; if not exactly worthless, Mr. Cent’s big-screen debut keeps the lazy but fails to seduce. “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” comes on gangsta, but it’s as hollow and formulaic as any cornball slow jam.
By MARIO NAVES
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By THE NEW YORK SUN
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By LAWRENCE KUDLOW
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By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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By THE NEW YORK SUN
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By JOSEPH CURL
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By CARL ROLLYSON
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By MATTHEW RICE
|For 10 bucks plus change, you can now spend two hours in the company of 50 Cent, ne Curtis Jackson, the latest hip-hop MC to put down the mike and step in front of the camera. Alternately, you might spend that money on (used) copies of his hit albums, “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”and “The Massacre,” and spend an afternoon nodding your head to his lazy, seductive flow. I recommend the latter; if not exactly worthless, Mr. Cent’s big-screen debut keeps the lazy but fails to seduce. “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” comes on gangsta, but it’s as hollow and formulaic as any cornball slow jam.
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