Poetic Justice

In this review Robert Ebert explains how the movie is told from the point of view of a young woman named Justice. He explains how the movie started out as Justice and her male companion being on a date at a drive in movie theatre, where he was killed because of an altercation. He compares the movie to " Boyz in the Hood". He states that "unlike 'Boyz' which was fairly strongly plotted, 'Poetic Justice' unwinds like a road trip from the early 1970s, in which the characters are introduced and then set off on a trip that becomes a journey of discovery." He concludes that "Poetic Justice" is a soft gentle film, more of a romance than a commentary on social conditions.