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Metascore®45 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A film with a rich and convincing texture, a drama with power and anger. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Sheridan's ensemble ensures that "Get Rich," the film, comes to life around the edges, if not at its center. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    For all its biographical truth, Get Rich's journey into a ghetto of hustlers, gangstas and mindless violence is all too familiar. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Mildly engaging but very far from being for 50 Cent what "8 Mile" was for Eminem, this lurchingly structured story of survival against the odds looks to get off to a strong start thanks to the singer's large following. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Neither powerful nor interesting. It is a run-of-the-mill movie ''product'' developed as part of a 50 Cent marketing plan. Read full review

  • 50
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan Rabin

    Parts of Get Rich Or Die Tryin' crackle with energy, vitality, and texture, like the prison-shower fight that descends into a weird sort of slapstick farce. But 50's leaden turn drags the film down. Scenes celebrating his personal and professional triumph ring hollow, since Rich never really gets under his skin. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A motion picture with one foot in artistic expression and one in pulp fiction and commercialized violence. It wants the respect that goes with a quality production, but it can't resist providing the brutality and exploitation the film's core audience expects. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Movie stardom is seductive, but 50 Cent and his fans will be best served if he sticks to to his day job. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    The parts of Get Rich or Die Tryin' that feel most genuine have to do with friendship and family, rather than with criminal intrigue. But the movie ultimately lacks an emotional core. It will certainly make 50 Cent even richer, but it wouldn't have killed him to try a bit harder. Read full review

  • 40
    Village Voice | Laura Sinagra

    Unfortunately "My Left Foot's" Jim Sheridan, that reliable purveyor of Irish struggle-porn, anchors us in tedious exposition. Read full review

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 2.8 out of 5

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