Brown Sugar | | Cast : | Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def | | Director : | Rick Famuyiwa | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | October 11, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | September 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | Comparing loving someone to being in love with someone | Content
 | This movie is for those who truly love (underground) hip hop. Otherwise, it would not make a lot of sense or even be worth your time. It is one of my favorite movies. Rap is not hip hop, loving someone is not being in love with them. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 22, 2005 | | Summary | Fun movie with good actors | Content
| I enjoyed this movie but not for the reasons most people have cited. The hip-hop theme was ok and it portrayed black people the way I know black people to be and not the way they are usually portrayed in gangsta movies and the like.
However the main reason I enjoyed it is because of the beautiful people and I mean the sight of Boris Kodjoe is enough to send any woman drooling. Especially the night of their date when Sanaa says "Let's have s*x now" and he goes, "yes, lets" just like that.
And Taye. He's gorgeous. I still remember him in the bathtub at the beginning of "The Best Man". I couldn't concentrate for about half an hour after that.
Mos Def is a great actor. He's so smooove and I love his cheeky smile. He's the kind of guy I would like to know as a person.
Okay so apart from the above nothing else about the movie really excited me. Its worth watching though. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 21, 2005 | | Summary | 'Hip Hop' -- was said how many million times? | Content
| I think 'Brown Sugar' is a film that had a lot of potential with all the characterizations in it but failed to deliver as a blockbuster. For example, the movie tries (way too hard) to take you "back in the day" with the birth of Hip Hop. That is fine but for the one millionth and one time: How many times will Sanaa or Taye Diggs say 'Hip Hop'? We get the point. The soundtrack could have been more documentary with Hip Hop/ Neo-Soul music from the 1980s to 2000s.
Another the thing that I could not stand is the illecit love affair between Sanaa (Sydney) & Taye Diggs (Dre) characters, after Dre got MARRIED. It would have been nice to see them turn their friendship into a more than plutonic level, even after he proposed to Nicole Ari Parker's character. Afterall, she wasn't really in love with him in the first place, and he had made a rush of judgement. But sadly, he gets married and then Taye Diggs falls in love with his best friend. What about his wife?
Finally, it would have been nice to see the Hip Hop Industry's B-Side present challenges that challenged their friendship. It was like a smooth ride love story with a twist of adultery, and the ending was too obvious. With a good romance, who cares about an obvious ending but at least give me some plots and intrigue and a reason to watch the film several more times. The ending made me shake my head! And with all the potential, this film did not deliver mainly because of adulterous themes and an annoying focus on 'Hip Hop'. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 19, 2005 | | Summary | Love with Soul | Content
| You have to appreciate a romantic movie that features African Americans with none of the typical issues. Everyone is employed, no one is in a gang, no one dies and love is enjoyed by all of the main characters at some point. This is a positive spin on romance and with realism blended in for believability |
| Rating | | | Date | February 08, 2005 | | Summary | Great film! | Content
| This film has nothing to do with the Rolling Stones' 1971 hit of the same title. This film involves urban styles of music,mostly rap and hip-hop. This film is set at first in 1984,when breakdancing was a big thing. Great film! |
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