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Poetic Justice

Grieving hairdresser, Justice, goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and a postal worker which she cannot stand

Director

John Singleton

Year

Genre

Box Office

$27,515,786

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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Kim

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Jessie

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Dedrick D. Gobert

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Maxine

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Patricia

Patricia Y. Johnson

Keisha

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Rodney's Girlfriend

La Keisha M. Jones

Cop

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Beauty College Instructor

Jennifer Leigh-Scott

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Cousin Pete

Special K. McCray

Policeman #3

Mark Miller-Summer

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Markell

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Michael Rapaport

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Jessie Justice Chicago Iesha Lucky Aunt June

-You like the wine?
-Very much. - Poetic Justice

-You like the wine? -Very much.

You're good. - Poetic Justice

What's next? - Poetic Justice

Last time I saw a woman drink
like that, she was drowning. - Poetic Justice

Last time I saw a woman drink like that, she was drowning.

Markell, get your hand out of my shirt.
Come on, Markell, stop. - Poetic Justice

Markell, get your hand out of my shirt. Come on, Markell, st...

Justice, I was just thinking. - Poetic Justice

Justice, I was just thinking.

-Kick him in the head.
-You're worried about nothing. - Poetic Justice

-Kick him in the head. -You're worried about nothing.

I think I just saw those fools
I had beef with last week. - Poetic Justice

I think I just saw those fools I had beef with last week.

Markell! Markell, get up, baby. - Poetic Justice

Markell! Markell, get up, baby.

Alone
Lyina, thinking last night - Poetic Justice

Alone Lyina, thinking last night

Alone, all alone - Poetic Justice

Alone, all alone

Yo, what's up? What's up, Mr. Postman?
Got some spare change? - Poetic Justice

Yo, what's up? What's up, Mr. Postman? Got some sp...

Y'all didn't get nothing but bills. - Poetic Justice

Y'all didn't get nothing but bills.

In a time of secret wooing - Poetic Justice

In a time of secret wooing

I can't use your phone? - Poetic Justice

I can't use your phone?

I'll be glad when we get out of here What's wrong - Poetic Justice

I'll be glad when we get out of here What's wrong

Okay, where's my brush? - Poetic Justice

Okay, where's my brush?

The world's just a big place for us to go and fuck up in it - Poetic Justice

The world's just a big place for us to go and fuck up...

Packed my bags, my stuff... - Poetic Justice

Packed my bags, my stuff...

Mind if I smoke? - Poetic Justice

Mind if I smoke?

I guess so. - Poetic Justice

I'm a black woman okay I deserve respect - Poetic Justice

I'm a black woman okay I deserve respect

Don't be calling me no bitch If I'm a bitch your mama's a bitch - Poetic Justice

Don't be calling me no bitch If I'm a bitch your...

They still gonna fuck you up Get your ass in the truck - Poetic Justice

They still gonna fuck you up Get your ass in the truck

Hey partner you like country music Garth Brooks he's slamming right - Poetic Justice

Hey partner you like country music Garth Brooks he's...

Drink some of this. - Poetic Justice

Drink some of this.

Love is a juice with many tastes - Poetic Justice

Love is a juice with many tastes

What you writing? - Poetic Justice

What you writing?

I don't wear it all the time - Poetic Justice

I don't wear it all the time

Why you ask me that Because you look like the type - Poetic Justice

Why you ask me that Because you look like the type

Let's get back to these
street pharmacists you used to see. - Poetic Justice

Let's get back to these street pharmacists you used to ...

I want to talk to you about morals - Poetic Justice

I want to talk to you about morals

Shit Look at you - Poetic Justice

Shit Look at you

A wise man once said Look at the ocean and realize - Poetic Justice

A wise man once said Look at the ocean and realize

A perspective What do you write about - Poetic Justice

A perspective What do you write about

Don't eat that. You ain't washed it. - Poetic Justice

Don't eat that. You ain't washed it.

-Wanna do something?
-What about them? - Poetic Justice

-Wanna do something? -What about them?

Lesha. Oh, man. - Poetic Justice

Lesha. Oh, man.

Is it true the ribs can tell the kick Of a beast from a lover's fist - Poetic Justice

Is it true the ribs can tell the kick Of a beast from a...

They was gonna break up anyway. - Poetic Justice

They was gonna break up anyway.

Look at your nails.
Give me your hand. - Poetic Justice

Look at your nails. Give me your hand.

-That's before she died.
-When did she die? - Poetic Justice

-That's before she died. -When did she die?

When I was 12,
my mama committed suicide. - Poetic Justice

When I was 12, my mama committed suicide.

She named me Justice
because she was in law school... - Poetic Justice

She named me Justice because she was in law school...

I'm all alone now, though. - Poetic Justice

I'm all alone now, though.

Give me your hand - Poetic Justice

Give me your hand

Look, I gotta tell you something. - Poetic Justice

Look, I gotta tell you something.

Shit, don't tell me you got something. - Poetic Justice

Shit, don't tell me you got something.

A little girl, huh? - Poetic Justice

A little girl, huh?

Aunt Audrey. Kalil. - Poetic Justice

Aunt Audrey. Kalil.

Hey, where do you think you're going? - Poetic Justice

Hey, where do you think you're going?

-What's up? What room we in?
-What happened to you? - Poetic Justice

-What's up? What room we in? -What happened to you?

Don't touch me. - Poetic Justice

Don't touch me.

If I had got there on time this never would have happened - Poetic Justice

If I had got there on time this never would have happened

These little girls don't know their cooch from a hole in the wall - Poetic Justice

These little girls don't know their cooch from a hole...

Morning, Lawrence. You hungry, baby?
Come here and get something to eat. - Poetic Justice

Morning, Lawrence. You hungry, baby? Come here and get somet...

I'm a woman phenomenally Phenomenal woman that's me - Poetic Justice

I'm a woman phenomenally Phenomenal woman that's...

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed - Poetic Justice

Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed

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Grieving hairdresser, Justice, goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and a postal worker which she cannot stand

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Director: John Singleton

Writer: John Singleton

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 1993

MetaScore: 51/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: $27,515,786

Released: 23 Jul 1993

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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