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The Carter (2009)

Jan 15, 2009 Documentary, Music 1h 15m
66%
User Score
7.1/10

Overview

An in-depth look at the artist Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter Jr, proclaimed by many as the "greatest rapper alive" With comprehensive and personal interviews with Lil Wayne, this film will also feature insight from those that know him best. The world will finally get to know the history surrounding one of the most prolific artists of this generation.

Adam Bhala Lough
Director

Top Billed Cast

Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne

Himself
Drake
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj
Bryan 'Birdman' Williams
Bryan 'Birdman' Williams

Himself
Reginae Carter
Reginae Carter

Herself

Full Cast & Crew

Media

QD3 Presents Lil' Wayne "The Carter" (Sundance) Documentary Trailer Premiere
QD3 Presents Lil' Wayne "The Carter" (Sundance) Documentary Trailer Premiere
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A review by kaylee
Written on February 1, 2016

Tha Carter IV might’ve gone straight to No. 1, but the crits haven’t been too impressed, many lamenting that Lil Wayne’s new joint lacks the swaggering strangeness that made Tha Carter III such a phenomenon. (Perhaps not surprising after eight months in Riker’s Island.) But if you’re looking for the old Weezy, Adam Bhala Lough’s ride through Wayne’s world, filmed over six fly on the wall months as III broke wide, offers a deep dose – too deep for Wayne himself, who sued to block the movie after its 2009 Sundance debut. (At this writing it’s still in legal limbo in the States but widely available on DVD elsewhere.)

Rambling and disjointed in a good way – style here utterly matches subject – The Carter finds Wayne alternately ensconced in Amsterdam and on the road, p...

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