Brown Sugar Movie Review 2002

Using the world of hip-hop music as its background, this romantic comedy succeeds in breathing life into a rather tired formula. Record producer Dre (Diggs) and music journalist Sidney (Lathan) are childhood friends who are drawn together by their shared love of the music. Although they think that romance is out of the question for them, everyone else knows that they're wrong, especially Sidney's friend Francine (Latifah). Unfortunately, Sidney doesn't figure it out until Dre becomes engaged to lovely lawyer Reese (Parker). She rebounds with suave basketball player Kelby (Kodjoe). Mos Def steals scenes as the shy, rapping cabbie who has a crush on Francine.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

African America, New York, New York, Front Page, Marriage, Workin' for a Livin', Hip-Hop/Rap

Screenplay

Rick Famuyiwa, Michael Elliot

Cast

Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Dante "Mos Def" Beze, Nicole Ari Parker, Queen Latifah, Wendell Pierce, Boris Kodjoe, Erik Weiner, Reggi Wyns

Cinematography

Enrique Chediak

Director

Rick Famuyiwa

Music

Robert Hurst

Other

William Sarokin, Barry Cole, Christopher Covert, Dirk Westervelt, David Stein, Darryle Johnson, Kalina Ivanov

Producer

Peter Heller, Heller Highwater, Magic Johnson Entertainment, Fox Searchlight