Tupac - Resurrection

Tupac - Resurrection (2003)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (88 reviews)

  • 87% of users liked it
    (11,514 ratings)

Many unauthorized video titles have been released about the life of rap superstar Tupac Shakur. Tupac: Resurrection is the only one to be both executive produced by his mother, former Black Panther Afeni Shakur, and benefit from access to the MTV archives. The documentary is the feature-length debut… More

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Documentary, Television, Musical & Performing Arts
In Theaters
Jan 22, 2003 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It's amazing stuff.

  • Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

    It never addresses the problem that the more Tupac opens his mouth to explain what his music is or isn't about, and what role in society it is or isn't supposed to serve, the more obvious it becomes that his views aren't reflected in the actual music.

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    It's great to hear a person no longer with us captured so bountifully in interviews, talking and even bubbling about his friends, his legacy and his scrapes.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    [An] absorbing experience.

  • Tina Potterf, Seattle Times

    While Tupac: Resurrection includes some never-before- seen family photos and performance footage, and excerpts from the late rapper's journals, it offers little in the way of new information or insight into the rapper's world.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bobby H


    One of my favorite documentaries of all time. Even if you never listened too Tupac, or rap all that much, you'd still probably be interested in the story of his life, if you gave this movie a shot.

  • Frisby 2


    Undeniably more faithful to how a biopic movie than others. 2Pac was one of the greatest Rappers out there, & I'm thankful I got a chance to meet this guy at the age of 6 (one year after I met Chris Wallace). I was a Compton boy. May his soul rest in peace.

  • Mike T


    I enjoyed this movie a lot. An absorbing, unique documentary that really depicts how remarkable of a person Tupac was. And I don't even like rap music.

  • Jared H


    This was a pretty amazing documentary. I was legitimately mesmerized by some of Tupac's interviews, which are very effectively used as narration for the entire film. He was a true poet, and I'm not sure that I've ever seen anybody express themselves so eloquently and… More

  • MJS M


    A 2003 documentary about the life and times of rapper Tupac Shakur. What?s unique about the film is that while Tupac was alive he had given so many interviews that they were able to edit them all into a consistent narrative, as such the movie is entirely narrated by the film?s… More

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