Synopsis
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his life via rare behind-the-scenes footage and the testimonies of his closest friends and family.
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Cast
- The Notorious B.I.G.Self (archive footage)
- Sean CombsSelf - aka Puff Daddy
- Faith EvansSelf - Christopher's Wife
- Damion ButlerSelf - Childhood Friend
- Voletta WallaceSelf - Christopher's Mother
- Lil' CeaseSelf - Childhood Friend
- Gwendolyn WallaceSelf - Christopher's Grandmother, 96
- Dave WallaceSelf - Christopher's Uncle
- C GuttaSelf - Childhood Friend
- Hubert SamSelf - Childhood Friend
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
Without a doubt, Wallace was more comfortable with his boys, and Biggie serves as an origin story on how his rise to hip-hop stardom took not just him but also his people out of the projects. - 80
The Guardian
These mid-90s, north-west Brooklyn specificities are fascinating and relevant; to Biggie’s art, certainly, but possibly also to his death. - 75
TheWrap
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell celebrates an influential musical legacy as well as a complicated life story, with a potent mix of sentiment and aesthetic appreciation. - 70
Los Angeles Times
This movie is less about the myth of Biggie than it is about the everyday experiences of a man described by his friends as much funnier and more big-hearted than his public image sometimes suggested. Despite the title, “I Got a Story to Tell” is primarily concerned with all the tales that went untold. - 70
Wall Street Journal
Anyone expecting “Biggie” to be some version of “Unsolved Mysteries” will be disappointed. But it’s unquestionably an affectionate, entertaining and even enlightening portrait. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
There's enough good, previously unseen stuff in Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell to make it an easy recommendation, though seeing and hearing stuff you haven't seen before isn't the same as learning a lot of things you didn't know before. It's captivating because Biggie was captivating, without being enlightening. - 50
IndieWire
The greatest value to Emmett Malloy’s broadly unenlightening Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, a new documentary laced with intimate and never-before-seen camcorder footage shot by Damien “D-Roc” Butler, is how bluntly it reaffirms that Wallace was real, even if he always seemed larger than life. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The new documentary, Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell was made in the spirit of the earlier work and the younger man, the hungry hustler hanging out on Brooklyn street corners with his friends.
