Notorious

This so-bad-it's-actually-almost-brilliant biopic has an endearingly dodgy way of softening up hard facts.

There's not many surprises here for fans of the big man or those new to his work but the music is great and a major plus point is that Sean 'Puffy' Combs (Derek Luke) is the film's producer.

Newcomer Jamal Woolard is a natural as the mammoth rapper, easily adopting Biggie's cheeky swagger and rasping speech... [But] the story suffers as it tries to capture every last moment of the rapper's life.

This film knows the lyrics, but not the music.