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Seen it?2000 | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, a weak 3.8 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Juice or Hustle & Flow, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 26 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
8% on Rotten Tomatoes, 18 on Metacritic
- AudiencesWeak
3.8 out of 10 from opening-week audiences
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Robert Adetuyi
- Pras MichelDenzel / Diamond
- Ja RuleDavid 'Gage' Williams
- Jason StathamMr. B
- Vondie Curtis-HallCliff
- Tamala JonesKia
- John RalstonMr. White
- Chris MessinaBaz
- Eugene ClarkMarshall
- Derwin JordanSeamus
- Patrice GoodmanJane