JANET JACKSON'S ACT LIMITS 'POETIC' RANGE.(PREVIEW)

Byline: CARRIE RICKEY - Knight-Ridder

Not much emotional range in Janet Jackson's pretty face, is there?

Could this be the same gal so animated in music videos? Dreamy eyes, expressionless lips, immobile jaw: This is Janet elated. Which is the identical face as Janet angry. Which is the identical face as Janet in pain. Which is ... you get the picture.

Janet Jackson's limited dramatic range sadly limits the impact of "Poetic Justice," the new film by "Boyz N the Hood's" John Singleton. In this, her film debut, she plays a Los Angeles hairdresser and poet (named Justice!) who discovers during a driving trip up the scenic California coast …