Get Rich or Die Tryin'Overview and Synopsis

  • Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  • Opened November 9, 2005 | Runtime:2 hr. 14 min.
  • R
    strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality and nudity
  • An inner-city drug dealer attempts to break from his life of crime by pursuing rap music. Loosley based on the life of rapper 50 Cent.
  • Cast: Marc John Jefferies, Viola Davis, Joy Bryant, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson
  • Director: Jim Sheridan
  • Genres: Musical Drama, Drama, Urban Drama

Critic Reviews

  • "Get Rich is a motion picture with one foot in artistic expression and one in pulp fiction and commercialized violence." Los Angeles Times

    - Kenneth Turan

  • "Get Rich suggests that if people want to star in semi-autobiographical movies, they shouldn't live such clichéd lives." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "Mildly engaging but very far from being for 50 Cent what 8 Mile was for Eminem..." Variety

    - Todd McCarthy

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