Like Water For Chocolate
Common

2.9 - This guy’s persona seems all over the place. At some point in the early 2000s, I feel he tried to clean up his image and become a sunny face for daytime TV while retaining enough edge to keep the youth interested. There are some elements of that nice guy here but he intermingles dribbles of the pimp, thug and murderer, with confusing results. Either he’s self-aware and showing himself as a full, complex human. Or he’s just towing too many lines and loses the narrative. All of this would be fine if he weren’t also homophobic and misogynistic or if he consistently spit amazing bars. I’ve given this guy entirely too many chances and I’ll be glad to never think about Common again.

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