Brown Sugar (2002)
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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I really, really, really love this movie.I'm not the kind of girl that's into romance movie... I find them rather boring. But there's a little list of that genre, and this one it's on the top of the list.I like it because it's refreshing, it has romance and comedy, which isn't a favorite genre of mine either, but this movie mixed them just fine.Well aside from the fact that it takes the most common cliché of all, two best friend that are secretly in love with each other but won't say anything or accept the other advances because they can't risk a long term friendship in case it doesn't work but I love it.I mean you should invest the time.. you won't be disappointed, this is coming from me.
This movie is ultimately one of the best love stories i have seen on film.You don't even have to like hip hop to enjoy this movie. It will make you laugh, and it will even make you cry(tears of joy). Lathan and Diggs light up the screen together. It's a beautiful love story which sends a message of how to friends can really fall in love. It will certainly make you think twice about that friend of the opposite sex, that you have known for years, that you find attractive, that doesn't have a mate. It's just a wonderful movie to see, its not too raunchy on language or sex scenes. It's kind of funny how something like hip hop music can join two people together.
I really enjoyed this film. It brings the realness back to hip hop. You can tell how much the director really loves hip hop in the way he shows how it started and how far its come, to the messages it gives the listener.This film make hip hop in a league of its own, and brings it back to the roots of hip hop itself.Having all the rappers talking about how they 1st got into hip hop at the beginning of the film really makes you think how influential music can become and how it can change people's lives, whether it be through listening to it, or having such a strong passion for it, that you have a sense of community with other hip hop lovers..Definitely see this film if you love origins of hip hop as well as a beautiful love story thrown in. Every guy wants the girl and every girl wants the guy (TAYE DIGGS AND MOS DEF ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THIS FILM!)
I expected to enjoy a romantic comedy featuring Hip Hop, but was disappointed on many levels. First of all, the story is so badly recycled as to make it almost unbearable. Second, the setting, acting and story are not very authentic or believable. Third, there are a lot more good black actors to choose from than these standard picks. How about some originality? Third, there were very few Hip Hop songs played in entirity - if any. None seemd really central. Overall, film was a great disappointment, but the editing style was very interesting and almost made the film worthwhile.