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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCompulsively watchable and endlessly inventive as it transforms Broomfield's limited materials into a compelling argument.
- 80Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenA wily and dogged inquisitor, Broomfield cajoles and confronts a variety of witnesses, charting a web of intrigue that also involved the LAPD, the FBI, and assorted gangbangers and rogue cops.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBroomfield conducts riveting interviews with a former LAPD officer, Biggie's fiercely protective mother and assorted hangers-on, but the actual thrust of his evidence seems almost irrelevant.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleHas been called an exploitation of a tragedy, but in fact it's an expose of tragic exploitation.
- 75Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisThose not well versed in the rap music world may be a little lost at times, but you don't need to know your Ice-T's from your Cool-J's to realize that as far as these shootings are concerned, something is rotten in the state of California.
- 70L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyDeceptively rambling, shrewdly ragtag documentary.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThis is Oliver Stone country, but Broomfield's self-effacing affect is more Woody Allen,
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyBroomfield's shaggy p.o.v. always troubles -- blurring the lines between tabloid and serious reportage, morbid curiosity and hard facts, objectivity and amusing, quasi-amateur stuntsmanship.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghOverall, the film is occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive, a footnote to a still evolving story.
- 12New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis time out, Broomfield comes up with maybe enough halfway decent material for a 10-minute segment on a second-rate tabloid TV show.