Paid In Full: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb:   1 reviews
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RottenTomatoes:   49 reviews
  • Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)
    50
    A fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)
    70
    Instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western, it's an unpretentious, sociologically pointed slice of life.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)
    50
    In this bird's-eye-view of the drug trade circa 1986, there's something missing: the buyers.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Ben Kenigsberg Village Voice (Top Critic)
    Set in a 1986 Harlem that doesn't look much like anywhere in New York.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)
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  • Tom Sime Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)
    50
    Performances are strong, especially that of Mr. Wood.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)
    63
    The movie is ambitious, has good energy and is well-acted, but tells a familiar story in a familiar way.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)
    75
    It's good, hard-edged stuff, violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done, morally alert and street-smart.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)
    50
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  • Megan Turner New York Post (Top Critic)
    63
    Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)
    40
    It's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)
    It does offer an uncommon thoughtfulness that makes it far less exploitative or sensationalistic than most examples of its genre.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com
    75
    Harris and Phifer's chemistry lends the inevitable tragedies some genuine punch.
    Full Review » 3 years ago
  • Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com
    80
    "Paid In Full" is not the kind of movie that George W. Bush will ever see.
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com
    40
    Full Review » 7 years ago
  • Newsday
    63
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Hollywood.com
    63
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  • Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star
    75
    Stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    34
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  • Mark Keizer Boxoffice Magazine
    60
    For a rapsploitation film to target and frown upon the darker forces of its nature is certainly a good sign for the maturation of the genre.
    Full Review » 10 years ago
  • Orlando Weekly
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  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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