Deandre Daniels

Professor Rogers

English 102

4/1/19

“ALL EYEZ ON ME” REVIEW

All Eyez on Me was a great movie focusing on the life of infamous rapper Tupac Shakur, Tupac

Shakur was a young man who was born in Harlem but relocated to Los Angeles. Tupac is

believed to be one of the best rappers if not the best rapper dead or alive, either way you look at

it is Tupac was a very talented rapper coming out of the west coast. The movie shows the growth

of Tupac Shakur from a boy to a man also shows the daily life of a young rapper in America. but

even though I loved the movie others did not so much agree with my opinion this movie brought

up a lot of conflict, many people who said the movie is false and some of the event in the movie

is not true. I believe this was a great film of the prolific rapper from everything I heard of him it

was very informational and eye opening.

Although many people gave bad feedback of the movie I really enjoyed the movie the movie

showed me sides of the infamous rapper that I never knew about. The beginning of the movie

starts off with Tupac being interviewed while he was in prison, then after that the movie goes

into a flashback the movies shows his father and his mother who were both part of the Black

panther part. Then one scene for his birthday his mother gave him a journal and told him that if

he uses this he will become rich, I was confused on this part because I know if I was a kid at that

age I would not want to a journal given to me on my birthday. But his mother was right because

as he got older Tupac got into poetry this is not hard to believe because if anybody ever heard a
song from him knows that his words in every song is so deep but also, he has the perfect voice

for the music industry.

Tupac got his first chance to actually perform with the famous hip-hop group called Digital

Underground at first, he was a just a roadie and a backup dancer, but the movie shows that Pac

got tired of just being a backup and he gave digital underground an ultimatum, really saying let

me show my true talent or I am out. The rap group gave in and his first song with the group was

called Same Song soon after him releasing this song he instantly blew up and got notice from

record labels all around the world. This was not even the song that showed the world that Tupac

was here to stay Tupac dropped a song named “Brenda’s Got a Baby” this song was really brutal

attacking the social injustice, poverty and police brutality happening around the world.

Actually New York times publisher Glenn Kenny said that All Eyez on me is “not only clumsy

and often bland account of his life and work, but also gives little genuine insight into his thought,

talent or personality” (Kenny). The reason he may say this because the director made Tupac out

to be a thug and was making the movie more focusing on his rage and angry moments instead of

showing the real person he was who everybody knew and loved him for the outspoken man who

stood up for his people to show that we need to stand up to our oppressors instead of going with

the everyday life. But on the other hand, you’ve had many other people who reviewed the movie

said that they believed the movie was worth seeing. Owen Gleiberman said, “Highly worth

seeing, because in its volatility and hunger and the hidden desperation of its violence, it captures

something about the space in which Tupac Shakur lived” (Gleiberman). This is what I got from

the movie the movie was very informational and gave anybody who knew nothing about the

prolific rapper a solid background of him and what he went through.

The movie created a huge debate for the entire world obviously but whether it was good or bad

but this movie also opened up the eyes of many people who believed Tupac Shakur to just be a

thug. But now because of the movie showing the growth of him and also the struggle he went

through many had the opportunity to see a side of this man that nobody ever thought they would

be able to see. This movie gave me a terrific insight on the rapper and made me respect his craft

even more knowing his struggle, this also pushed me to go out in life and never give up no

matter what obstacles or challenges you are given in life.