Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice (1993)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (36,586 ratings)

R&B star Janet Jackson made an impressive film debut in Poetic Justice as Justice, a hairdresser at a small salon in South Central Los Angeles. Justice uses her poetry to deal with her grief after her boyfriend is killed in a shooting incident at a drive-in. Hired to work at a hair stylists' event… More

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
John Singleton
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jul 23, 1993 Wide
On DVD
May 8, 2001
Columbia Pictures Corporation

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Weinberg, DVD Clinic

    The two leads are raw but completely intriguing, and Poetic Justice offers a slice of the urban story that we generally don't get to see.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    A quiet, personal story that should have been louder, bolder.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • danny d


    an engaging movie with a messed up ending. one forgets how good shakur was as an actor until you realize that he was a huge chunk of the good films of this genre in the early 90's.

  • Nani V


    =) I like this movie a lot....I love the song at the end by Janet Jackson, she did well in here as well as the late Tupac. =) They were cute.

  • Donna D


    Not one of Singleton's best, but the story was ok. The actors/singers placed to play the lead characters were a bit annoying, but Regina King was the best whom always get's into her role, and stole the show from the two main characters. Mayo Angelou's poems are great,… More

  • Lee K


    one of tupacs movies, i am a fan of his but this one was easily forgettable

  • Leo L


    A personal favorite.

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