Beautiful, moving film.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Honestly these two were such a cute couple on this but the only problem I had while watching this movie, they added in such annoying characters for this movie. It would've been better if Regina King as Iesha and Joe Torry as Chicago to not join with them for the journey. These characters really did give me the biggest headache that any movie had giving me.Anyways, I really didn't think 2pac was going to be in a movie like this because he mostly does gangsta movies but I suppose he wanted to try something new in getting involved in a romantic drama film. It did suit him but it was just unexpected that he would get involved with something like this!Great movie, I give this 8/10!

the only reason i don't rate this film higher is because i always thought it was a tad long. john singleton, i love your work! like spike lee ( with a lot of his films) and ice cube (with 'friday' and 'barbershop') you've caught a time and place that's only clear to those that have lived it, or at least have knowledge of its existence. all of you capture black young'uns (east and west coasts) as they were lived during the times depicted in the films. wonderful stuff! great acting, solid story, everything is more heartfelt than not, it's why i go to the movies! i hope u and spike and ice cube and tyler perry (silly as he can b!) and the whole slew of other black filmmakers continue for many years to come. i love your work, your honesty and your sincerity. this is good movie-making, maya angelou's poetry is a plus and a bonus!!!

this movie was very uninteresting. The movie centers around four people traveling to South Central, LA on a postal mail carrier, come on! Maybe Janet thought Singleton had another "Boyz n DA Hood" in mind with this project "Poetic Justice", but after "Boyz n DA Hood" Singleton moved to less edgier movies to mundane movies like: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Baby Boy, and Shaft. Tupac and Janet give believable performances, but the plot is dull and dry. Seeing it once is definitely more than enough. Janet made the comment during the promotion of this movie, that she had a difficult time finding the right script before reading "Poetic Justice". She explained that most of the scripts she read were "too violent, too corny, too much profanity, too something... " She failed to realize that this movie was just too boring.

I applaud John Singleton for being brave enough to film "Poetic Justice" -- it's a real triumph in presenting a story that looks beyond Hollywood's usual stereotypes of urban youth. If you are looking for a typical gang-bangin' shoot em up angry urban film...look elsewhere, because that genre is miles away from Singleton's storytelling. This film has precisely what black audiences say they are looking for - depth, real characters with a number of real layers....and yet people say they cannot get into this film. I say watch it and simply feel the messages being conveyed through the hearts of the characters. Tupac Shakur's performance saddens my heart....because he had so much potential as an actor as proven with his performance here. I was fortunate enough to actually meet and compliment him on this performance, which is at turns skillful and all his own. He had that quality that film actors envy in that the camera loved him. Janet Jackson gives a skilled performance as well, and the two have a natural chemistry that works here. This film is worth watching...it's one of my favorites.