Lil Wayne stars in “The Carter” documentary, a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Lil Wayne’s rock star lifestyle. “The Carter” trailer, which hit the net last week, looks very intriguing (see bottom of post). The Hiptics staff did some research on “The Carter,” and uncovered film reviews. We look forward to forming our own opinion of Adam Bhala Lough’s documentary about Lil Wayne, hopefully sooner than later.

IFC says:

“The Carter” follows Lil Wayne unblinkingly on tour, as he bounces from Amsterdam to Atlanta and back again, apparently unmoored and eternally on the road, recording in hotel rooms and buses with the equipment that’s always with him, high all the time on weed, on codeine cough syrup cut with soda. That’s why Wayne’s manager and friend refuses to ride of the bus with him — he can’t stand to see Wayne as groggily fucked-up as he occasionally gets during the film.

Cinematical says:

But when it comes to his music, Wayne is a machine. The man is constantly recording new songs (he’s now up over 1000) without writing anything down for fear someone would try to sell his “journals” or “notes” when he dies. And when he’s not recording, he’s on his bus or in a hotel room or on stage blasting his own music, memorizing the lyrics — dancing, swaying, smoking and simply becoming his own number one fan.

indieWIRE says:

But, far and away the crowning jewel of the Midnight section, albeit the most out of place one, was Adam Bhala Lough’s “The Carter,” a documentary portrait of prolific rap artist Lil’ Wayne. Favoring more an experiential tone than an informational one, Lough transcends even the most accomplished cinema verite documentaries to put you right inside the mind of his subject, an eccentric codeine and marijuana addict who has completely given his life over to making and promoting his music 24/7. (Wayne even admits in one poignant interview that he’s too busy making music to have sex.) Because of this, the film runs with a relentlessly repetitious pattern, one that rings of the vigorous construction of greatly crafted filmmaking. Yet, it still manages to deliver on a purely entertaining level as Lough treats us to hilarious interview footage, never before released daily freestyles (Wayne records two songs a day, every day of the year, and never writes down a single lyric) and backgrounds on the most important people in his life, including his daughter Reginae, who Lough brilliant uses as the symbol of naive innocence in the film, the only person who is willing to directly address Wayne as a strong presence and persona as she coyly smiles and admits to the camera that the best gift he’s ever given her is “him being there.”

For more information about the documentary, see the official site.