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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 8970
Released: January 14, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
With clothes and music from the 1970s, a super-secret agent thwarts a plan to brainwash all humanity.
Genre: Feature Film Urban Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
Description of Undercover Brother (Widescreen Collector's Edition):
Blaxploitation movies deserve a good spoofing, and Undercover Brother tweaks the subgenre with a few good laughs. But what might have been an Afro-centric Austin Powers (adapted by John Ridley from his Internet film series) is instead a lackluster comedy with one basic joke: "Whitey"--personified as a faceless corporate despot known as "the Man"--has the power, but black folks have soul. With enough funk to make Shaft look passé, Eddie Griffin plays "U.B." with an oversized 'fro and a firm grasp of comedic possibilities. He's recruited by the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. (an all-black justice league) to foil the Man's plan to derail a Colin Powell-like presidential candidate (Billy Dee Williams), and U.B.'s undercover exploits keep the slim plot moving. Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris are gamely ridiculed as token white allies, and it's all in good fun as director Malcolm D. Lee (Spike's cousin) finds room for mild jolts of relevant social commentary. --Jeff Shannon
Undercover Brother (Widescreen Collector's Edition) Reviews:
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2008-06-01 - I have watched this movie three times and I am still laughing. A friend watched it also and he loved it.
One great very funny movie!
2008-05-26 - this is a must for anyones movie collection who likes to laugh! I highly reccomend this movie.
Funny! 
2008-05-25 - This is a very silly movie, but I like it. It's so over the top. Very funny though. If you are in a mood to watch a silly movie, this is it.
some funny parts 
2008-04-10 - well it has some interesting special effects, and there are a few funny jokes from time to time. but it feels as though you are sitting through a very long saturday night live sketch.
Hilarious sendup of the seventies racial stereotypes!!
2008-03-27 - This dvd is a laugh-out-loud picture of the stereotypes and racial foibles and comments made during the "Black Power" era. From the misic to the battle with "The Man", this story takes you back to the days when... Having lived through and seen many of the jokes and situations, it was a blast having such a great presentation of that time. Eddie Griffin is sensational in this effort! The extras included deleted scenes which in my opinion moved the story along, yes, but lacked the humor of the final product. The final product does not need 9 of the 10 deleted scenes.
