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Hav Plenty

Hav Plenty

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An awesome movie for everyone!
Review: I absolutely love this movie, I rank it at the top of my favorites list. I'm white, so I don't know how "authentic" or whatever a portrayal of African-Americans it is. It must be fairly authentic, it was written by an African-American man, and no one holds the market on yuppies or starving artists! ;-)

My question is, why isn't this guy in more films? He is HOT and funny, and obviously extremely talented. I'd line up to see anything this guy was in. If you want a smart, sexy romantic comedy, this is the movie for you.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Refreshing dialogue
Review: I live in Denmark where we don't get to see a lot of "black" movies. I picked it up at the video store because it had black actors on the cover. It was such a pleasant surprise to see an intelligent and witty movie with a refreshingly dry sense of humor. I say surprise because a lot of times, racial issues distract the director from the story he's really trying to tell. There's a time and a place for everything. For once this was just a great movie about brothers and sisters and how they get along.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An awesome movie for everyone!
Review: I seen this movie a long time ago and had mixed emotions. It is O.k. I did not like the Havelent (?) character. I don't like when Black Sisters are played in a mean and ignorant light. (Give a brother a nice hello or smile) I hated that he got her in the end. There were some scenes I liked, such as when the husband punched the Plenty character (funny) and the arrogance of the Hil Harper character. Babyface and is wife Tracey, Oh there acting skills were awful. However I am happy they produced the movie. This movie gets a 3 stars.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Get's Better w/Time
Review: You know I just happened to watch this movie again the other day. It really is pretty cool. The way the movie parallels a supposed weekend in the life of the main character is a fun and witty look into the trivia and not so trivia issues that "Black upwardly mobile" families deal with.

Check it out. Really fun to watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Where is this guy?
Review: Why hasn't Christopher Scott Cherot acted since Hav Plenty? He is amazing in this film. I need more of that sarcastic, I don't care if you like me or not attitude. And the film itself is amazing. It is the first to manage to portray affluent blacks in a vast array. The characters reflect dignity. Sure there's some snobbishness, but it's discouraged throughout. The reluctant romance between Haviland and Lee are kept central, but humor dominates the film. Cherot is downright outrages. Chenoa Maxwell is a perfect cold-blooded stiff and Robinne Lee somehow manages to downplay her stunning beauty enough to pull of the little sister role. It's the characters and the dialogue, not a big budget that make this a must own. No clowny, cartoony buffoonery going on. It's just how we are. Colorfully diverse black people.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not for everyone
Review: Am I missing something?

I can't express how disappointed I was with this movie. I had a very hard time relating to these characters. In addition, the plot dealt with issues that I'm not familiar with, and at times the dialogue was difficult to understand. And don't get me started about the spelling of the title.

"Hav Plenty" didn't quite "Hav Enough" to make me recommend this movie to anyone.


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