Today marks the release of Tupac Shakur’s long awaited biopic, All Eyez On Me. True hip-hop (and urban film) fanatics have had their expectations of the film set high for quite some time, but for those who’ve already seen the movie, those expectations were quickly let down – including those of Jada Pinkett Smith.
The Benny Boom-directed film has received diverse reactions, but those in Hollywood and hip-hop – the people who really had the chance to know or study the rap legend – haven’t been too happy with what they’ve seen. 50 Cent turned to Instagram this morning to express his disappointment with the film, saying, “I’m a big 2 PAC fan, I just don’t think his story was done well he deserved better.” He continued, “Check it out, the shit felt like I was watching a life time TV movie in a theater.”
And we have to say, we’ve seen the movie, and we agree. Tupac deserved much better than this (much better).
Jada Pinkett, who’s character is portrayed in the film by Switzerland-born actress Kat Graham, thought the depiction of her and ‘Pac’s relationship was “deeply hurtful.” Why? Because according to her, most of the a lot of the facts were inaccurate.
She began her eight-tweet monologue by saying, “Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.” And her truth just took it from there.
Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.
