Malibu's Most Wanted Movie Review 2003

Kennedy brings his TV character Brad "B-Rad" Gluckman to the big screen with minimal success. "B-Rad" is a rich white wannabe rapper from Malibu, whose dad (O'Neal) is running for governor. When he embarrasses pop at a campaign stop, dad takes drastic action. He hires classically trained black actors Sean and PJ to kidnap Brad to South Central for a little "Scared White" therapy. Since the middle class actors have no idea how to be "gangsta" they enlist the help of Sean's cousin Shondra, who promptly falls for Brad, angering her ex boyfriend Tec (yet another Wayans), who lives the thug life. Shows flashes of the clever, biting satire it could've been, but fades in the end by backing off on some of the wry observations it makes early on. Diggs and Anderson click, and O'Neal is amusingly smarmy.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hip-Hop/Rap, Satire & Parody, Culture Clash, Vote for Me!, Dads, Not-So-True Identity, Kidnapped!, Slob Comedy, Talking Animals, Urban Comedy

Screenplay

Jamie Kennedy, Fax Bahr, Adam Small, Nick Swardson

Cast

Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Ryan O'Neal, Bo Derek, Damien Dante Wayans, Jeffrey Tambor, Kal Penn

Cinematography

Mark Irwin

Director

John Whitesell

Music

John Van Tongeren, Damon Elliott

Other

Snoop Dogg, Geoffrey Patterson, Cara Silverman, Daniel A. Lomino, Debrae Little, William A. "Bill" Elliott

Producer

Mike Karz, Fax Bahr, Adam Small, Warner Bros.