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06/24/06
Death Of A Dynasty (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 7 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Synopsis: In the spirit of This is Spinal Tap, Death of a Dynasty offers a funny and satirical look behind the closed doors of Damon Dash’s and Jay-Z’s hip-hop empire. Shot in New York City, the film centers around Dave Katz (Moss-Bachrach), a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Devon Aoki, Capone
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1 - 16 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
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08/16/07
Death of a Dynasty is fun stuff, and this is coming from a guy who hasn't bought a hip-hop CD since NWA broke up.
09/02/05
Truly terrible for plenty of reasons, not the least of which being Damon Dash’s barely competent directing.
05/02/05
Death of a Dynasty accomplishes what it set out to do -- to make a few laughs.
04/29/05
Sure, having bottles of Armadale vodka crammed into every other shot could be read as a pointed swipe at crass endorsements of luxury liquors. But when you know Armadale is owned by Roc-A-Fella, it looks a lot like crass product placement.
04/29/05
Half home movie, half product placement, and almost completely worthless.
04/29/05
This narcissistic mockumentary is less a film than a full-length promotional video for Roc-a-Fella Records mogul/director Damon Dash.
04/29/05
A mockumentary that veers unsteadily between satire and an infomercial for Dash's Roc-A-Fella records.
04/29/05
Definitely funny as the hip-hop world pokes fun at itself and others, but it's frequently pointless, especially as the "plot" unfolds.
04/29/05
Top Critic
Watching Damon Dash's playful movie is like entering a room where a large, too noisy party is going on and never fully adjusting to the dark or the din.
04/28/05
Top Critic
Death of a Dynasty is, like the music it parodies: aggressive, over-the-top, louder than life and in your face.
04/28/05
Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business.
04/28/05
There is a funny movie to be made from the outrageous egos and excesses of rap music. Death of a Dynasty is not that movie.
04/28/05
An amiably raucous, scorched-earth mockumentary about the Roc-A-Fella hip-hop kingdom under the proprietorship of CEO Damon Dash.
04/20/05
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