Rating: 
Summary: Terrible waste of your time, and brain...
Review: Undercover Brother must be just about the worst movie I have ever seen. While it may seem funny on the ads, trust me, that is the best it ever gets.
This movie is a blatant attempt by a Hollywood film studio to cash in on the success of the wonderful Austin Powers series, and I feel for some of the actors who should be given licences to shoot their agents after having made this film.
Undercover Brother does have some good jokes, sure, but they are offensive and make you feel uncomfortable when you realise that you find such racist material funny. Many of the jokes are delivered by an African-American detective, who points the finger at the 'white man', and while they may seem amusing, these jokes are completely inappropiate for a comedy of this calibre.
Don't be fooled by the extensive list of extras on the DVD, as most are terrible! The blooper reel should shown the really funny things, like Chris Katan signing his contract and effectively ruining his film career before it started, and the audience at the film premiere trying to leave after five minutes without anyone noticing.
I am ashamed to say that I sat through this film, and feel sorry for the actors involved, and for anyone who watched this and didn't feel that their intelligence had been insulted.
I advise that you should rent this film if you actually think you may like it, and book yourself into a Pityful Film Rehabilibation Centre to cope with the mental scarring while you're at it, but otherwise walk slowly backwards and don't look directly at this DVD! When you are far enough away, turn and run like you've never run before!
Rating: 
Summary: A dubious four stars
Review: To be completely truthful, I had a hard time judging this movie. I'll chalk that up to my being Caucasian. As I judged the movie, it was a 3.5 star flick, but I'll round it up. It was very funny, and it helped me understand that not everyone likes mayonnaise. The character of Undercover Brother is flat, but it's supposed to be. The other characters are adequate, the story is above average, and the acting could've been performed better. What was really funny about the movie wasn't the execution, it was the racial humor. The fact that is was all racial humor. Nothing stands out except the chase scene early in the movie where security people in a golf cart are pursuing our fearless protagonists. It was a hardy, long laugh. Otherwise, there isn't a lot to say. I rate it a B-. It's worth the time to see it. The effect you incur on your pocketbook I couldn't say. Maybe if you give up Mayonnaise for a year you could pay for the film and not have regrets.
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Summary: Once again Chappelle Steals the Show...
Review: Undercover Brother is a funny movie but not really because of it's star, Eddie Griffin. EG does servicable work as Undercover Brother and occasionally hits some really funny material but once again Dave Chappelle steals the show. This time as an operative for the BROTHERHOOD. As "The Paranoid Brother" Chappelle shines with some great one liners like: "Did you know that George Washington Carver invented the first computer, he did and he used a peanut" or "Here's some weed man, go ahead and smoke some but be careful it makes you paranoid....what's that noise." Billy Dee Williams plays a retired army colonel who is about to run for president but is brainwashed by "the man." Instead of running for president he decided to open a chain of fried chicken stores. His best line, "I used to work for the pentagon, now I help you get your chicken on." Anyway, this is a light-hearted romp with a great soundtrack: P-Funk, Snoop Dogg, Commodores etc. The funniest scenes with Griffen are when he "sells out" and starts dating the white she-devil. Overall, this is a funny movie that will have definite replay value over the years. Recommended.
Rating: 
Summary: What The Funk?
Review: I read a couple of the negative reviews and all I have to say is ARE YOU PEOPLE DEAD OR WHAT! This movie was hilarious. I laughed all the way through. All the characters were on the money and it says a lot about the actors when they can come together and make fun of each other's cultures. Maybe there is some hope for society.
Rating: 
Summary: not that bad.
Review: I started out watching this movie, and I thought it would be hilarious,it wasnt but still it was a good film, a few gross scenes that will make you laugh , and at the beginning when he is in his car. Youll laugh some, but not all that much
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Summary: Get a grip Kenneth Lehman!!
Review: Duh!!This movie was making fun of white and black people. The whole point was to be a parody and not to take it so seriously. Anybody that can watch Austin Powers ( which really isn't funny) can sit through this movie.
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Summary: WHY was this movie made?
Review: I rented this movie and I'm glad I didn't buy it! Of course, I knew it was going to be bad, but it was even worse then I thought it would be. It is about an organization known as "The Brotherhood" trying to foil an evil plot by a villain known as "The Man." They find Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) who is still stuck in the 70s and they use him to foil the man's schemes. After seeing Eddie Griffin in Double Take and in this, I hate him more than ever. He is just not funny. As for Undercover Brother, I have to say it is a movie that should not have been released. All this movie does is make fun of white people every few seconds (none of the jokes are funny, by the way.). I hated the guy who played "Conspiracy Brother" because he was just there to run his mouth throughtout the movie. None of the humor they threw into the scenes were any good. Not even the shower scene with Denise Richards could save this movie. I remember every person on MTV giving their thoughts on Undercover Brother when it came out in theaters. Of course, they thought it was absolutely wonderful. They must have been brain washed(including the people who gave this movie positive reviews), because I cannot see anyone liking this movie at all. Go watch Austin Powers or something. Anything is better than this. Wait, you know what is way better? AMERICAN HISTORY X!
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Summary: Amusing Blaxploitation Parody
Review: I really enjoyed Undercover Brother, but this is by no means Shakespeare, and shouldn't be considered such. UB is a film that parodies Blaxploitation films of the sixties, and stars cadillac-driving, gold-lame wearing Undercover Brother and his trials and tribulations to overcome 'The Man' an all-Anglo organization hell-bent on Anglo-supremacy. Unlike most films in this genre, it didn't resort to gross-out humor or too much sexual innuendo Ala Austin Powers(although there was some), the center core of this movie seems to poke fun at racial stereotypes and race relations, which may be a sore point for some. (Although I am Caucasian) I never got the frequent mayonnaise jokes. . LOL. I hope for a sequel starring Sistah Girl and White She Devil, and Conspiracy Brother. They were fun characters and deserve more screen time.
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Summary: This is the best movie I've seen all year!
Review: This is the best movie I've seen all year!
Rating:
Summary: Wasn't what I expected, but still funny in spots
Review: First of all, this movie was not what I expected it to be. I expected non-stop comedy, but what I got was spot comedy. In other words, it was funny in spots. It was easy to tell that this was not only a spoof of blaxploitation movies, but also of Austin Powers, which is a spoof of James Bond. I never heard of spoofing a spoof, but I guess anything can be accomplished. This is nowhere close to Austin Powers, but it is still fairly decent. This movie basically uses the same old plot, with "The Man" trying to run things and take over every aspect of life as it concerns African-Americans. This movie just emphasizes and pokes fun at the many stereotypes that are out there floating around and also touches on affirmative action. Stereotypes like black people eat a lot of fried chicken. "The Man" even tries to control the minds of black people by getting General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams) to open up a chain of fried chicken joints instead of running for President. He places a mind control drug in the chicken so he will be able to tell black people what to do. Now all of you know.....that that would really work, because most black people I know-including myself-love some chicken!! LOL Don't even deny it! Other stereotypes that are touched on are that white people are chipper and wear tight khakis. Also, white people like a lot of mayonnaise. Black people don't pronounce E's and R's. Black people love hot sauce-which they do. Black men have a weakness for pretty white females. Any black man that can talk is always said to be "well-spoken", like it's some kind of shock that there are some pretty smart brothers in the world. Black men have bigger you know what's. Once you go black you never go back. I mean they pretty much threw them all up in there. Now I know all of these stereotypes are not totally true, but they are out there. I also think that it's good to be able to laugh at them. So those of you who are incensed about the movie....lighten up...it's just comedy. I do agree that there would probably be a march on Washington if it were the other way around, and that's unfortunate. What I have seen is that African-Americans are more than willing to touch on stereotypes of white people, but when the shoe is on the other foot sensitivity runs high. It shouldn't be that way, but nevertheless it is that way in most cases. Anyway, Eddie Griffin's character (U.B.) and Dave Chappelle's character (Conspiracy Brother) save this movie for me. Eddie Griffin keeps the movie moving. Dave Chappelle throws in some pretty outrageous conspiracies in between. I thought that Chris Kattan was a little over the top, but then again he's always over the top. I will say that Billy Dee is as cool as ever. I thought the plot was really watered-down and at times seemed like the movie was reaching at certain points. Another thing that saved this movie is that there were two beautiful women, Aunjanue Ellis and Denise Richards. Denise Richards is fine! Anyway, don't have high expectations when you watch this movie. This is low-ball humor at it's best. On the other hand, you'll love the soundtrack. All I can say is....I want the funk, gotta have that funk. Peace
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