Roxanne Roxanne (2018) (original) (raw)
At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shant�" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC.
At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne Shant�" Gooden was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the streets of the Queensbridge Projects in NYC. (less)
Director: Michael Larnell
Writer: Michael Larnell
Starring: Chant� Adams, Nia Long, Mahershala Ali, Heather Alicia Simms, Germar Terrell Gardner, Curtiss Cook
Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Pharrell Williams, Forest Whitaker, Vince Cupone, Roxanne Shant�
Review by Brian Orndorf, March 28, 2018
5 / 10
As the age of the rapper bio-pic gives birth to a few box office contenders, �Roxanne Roxanne� emerges as the runt of the pack, refused the level of star power and production money to do something momentous with the tale of Roxanne Shante, a teenage hip-hop artist from the 1980s who managed to make her mark on the industry using confidence, sheer skill, and a profound yearn to remove herself from all cycles of poverty and abuse. While there�s a story here with timely gender assessment and personal ache, writer/director Michael Larnell isn�t permitted to go big with the endeavor, which never ce ...read more...
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