
Roxanne Roxanne
Synopsis
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for Roxanne Roxanne (2017) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Shenell Edmonds, Adam Horovitz DIRECTOR: Michael Larnell CINEMATOGRAPHY: Federico Cesca MUSIC: RZA PRODUCTION: Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, i am OTHER, Playdate Productions
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Roxanne Roxanne (2017). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Awards Won: ★ Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic
CRITICAL RECEPTION
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 30 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Roxanne Roxanne belatedly honors its subject with a gripping character-driven biopic that serves as a primer for a trailblazing career while telling an often tragic story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on ten critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
On RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen gave the film 2 stars. Comparing the movie to David O. Russell's Joy, he said: "Like Joy, this story feels overwhelmingly like the writer/director's version of their subject's lives, rendering Roxanne Roxanne a portrait that's as expressive as it is incomplete."









































































































































































































































































































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