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80
Viewer score based on 3 votes.

Critic Score

51
Critics' score based on 20 reviews.
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This moviee is AMAZINGG!! I give it 5 stars but i wish i could give it 20!! Haha!! I love the movie Poetic Justice if i hadd the movie i would watch... it everydayy and not get tiredd!! But i MUST buy this movingg everyy month i get a cravingg for it!! Full Review

November 22,2008
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Often graceful, sometimes brilliant, Poetic is an absorbing, amusing symphony of sound and image; it also gives equal weight to its male and female characters.Full Review

Washington Post

Often graceful, sometimes brilliant, Poetic is an absorbing, amusing symphony of sound and image; it also gives equal weight to its male and female characters.Full Review

Desson Howe
Washington Post

Poetic Justice is not ["Boyz N the Hood's"] equal, but does not aspire to be; it is a softer, gentler film, more of a romance than a commentary on social conditions.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

It's safe, and it's smart, and even though it's lightweight compared to "Boyz" and bound to disappoint a lot of Singleton's admirers, Justice demonstrates that Singleton is more than a one-shot wonder. [23 Jul 1993]Full Review

Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

While it's altogether smaller in its ambitions and achievements than Singleton's terrific "Boyz N the Hood," it at least allows Janet Jackson to emerge as a sympathetic presence, more credible than most pop singers making movie debuts. [23 July 1993]Full Review

Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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