Violent crime drama about drug dealer has constant cursing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2018

hough it shows bling, strong feelings for the inner city and the acting is solid, the derivative story won't knock you out.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | May 12, 2017

Harris and Phifer's chemistry lends the inevitable tragedies some genuine punch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2009

"Paid In Full" is not the kind of movie that George W. Bush will ever see.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 28, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 17, 2003

Stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Nov 5, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 3, 2002

For a rapsploitation film to target and frown upon the darker forces of its nature is certainly a good sign for the maturation of the genre.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2002

I'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up. I liked it just enough.

Full Review | Oct 29, 2002

Very familiar, yes, but a stylish and above all well-acted tale of friendships gone sour and the inevitable steep price of crime -- a much better movie than it's ever going to get credit for.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Oct 28, 2002

The story is familiar from its many predecessors; like them, it eventually culminates in the not-exactly -stunning insight that crime doesn't pay.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 28, 2002

This is a heartfelt mea culpa -- which gives Paid in Full much of its unexpected emotional power.

Full Review | Oct 26, 2002

If you saw it on TV, you'd probably turn it off, convinced that you had already seen that movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 25, 2002

If there's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs, I think it's in projects like the (unfortunately R-rated) Paid.

Full Review | Oct 25, 2002

This familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences, though it's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2002

Harris is supposed to be the star of the story, but comes across as pretty dull and wooden.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 25, 2002

A standard, run-of-the-mill drug drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 25, 2002