All a bit predictable and full of the usual pantomime villains and girls who stick together and fight back against their abusers.
It's nothing that you haven't seen before but I guess as a true story it's worth watching ( even though it might not be accurate)
I enjoyed it though and it's a good time filler.
The acting isn't great but the plot moves along nicely.
All about the easy money and the good life gone wrong and seen for the folly it is.
Her neglect of her children doesn't make it easy to like her but you can sympathise as you can imagine what it must have been like for a single mother back then.
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
2023
Biography
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story
2023
Biography
Plot summary
Inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch. It charts Welch's rise from a teenager's mother to a drug dealer, she is referred to by federal prosecutors as "The First Lady of the BMF"
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October 13, 2023 at 10:10 AM
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First Lady
"All money isn't good money," and that's the truth!
As someone who works with young girls, I've seen how challenging it is to overcome the stigma of a criminal record.
What I like most about the film is that it's not just about what went wrong. I work with young girls who have no clue about what they'll do after they get released. The First Lady of BMF was able to pick herself up and rebuild her life. Further, she put her hands down to lift others out of their unfortunate situation. That's almost unheard of, and I wish more men would follow her example.
- Looking at you BMF
I strongly recommend young black & brown women watch this movie and learn - we don't need more glamorous drug dealers... our urban communities have far too many of them, either incarcerated or deceased.
Hustle and flow? They didn't show the hustle and the movie has NO FLOW
The acting.... Mediocre at best. Growing up with ABC after school specials, they had 1000X better production quality! Still watching at this moment, but it is like nails on a chalkboard. Would rather be asleep or watching paint dry or grass grow! Guessing that any other production about BMF is nowhere near this bad! From the beginning, it is monotone. It continues to do so, I know we have too much gratuitous violence in entertainment, but even a little to show the reality of BMF. They ran the show in motor city and I guarantee it wasn't unicorns and rainbows, which is the air about this movie.