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Summary: VERY funny!!! Like a black version of Austin Powers
Review: I am definitely not the only surprised person after watching this movie. I was ready for another refried SNL-based type of movie, but followed my friends' advice, and it was well worth it. Though a little slow at the beginning, Eddie Griffin and SNL veteran Chris Kattan don't take too long to make you laugh. Austin Powers as a character comes to mind as a possible inspiration for the movie, but the "Undercover Brother" character (Eddie Griffin), a new hero for the African American folks totally takes on the role and takes it to its own dimension, wby playing with all black/white stereotypes with great mastery.The movie parodies some lines from other movies, while still retaining a life of its own, and having plenty of unpredictable funny scenes. Check it out: not your average comedy, for sure. Perhaps won't stand the test of the ages, since some of the humor on it (references to General Warren Boutwell, an African American Sec. of State with President Bush, for instance) will be pretty dated in a few years, but still well worth seeing to have a good laugh!
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Summary: Undercover Brother Has The Funk
Review: Undercover Brother is a hillarious disorganized comedy. Eddie Griffen stars as the leading title, and is sort-of funny. Chris Kattan is Mr. Feather, who works for Mr. Man(the villain), and is a laugh-out loud comedian. Denise Richards is the sexy undercover chick who works for Mr. Man and ends up falling in love with Undercover Brother. I give this movie 4 stars because it was a goofy comedy, but it was wonderful. Definitely funnier than the first Austin Powers movie. Hope you Enjoy!
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Summary: Totally Unexpected
Review: I wasn't planning on watching this movie because I just thought it was going to be sick humor. My fiance said his reviewer gave it great reviews and wanted to check it out. I was happily surprised -- and you gotta get the soundtrack for that 70s funk!
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Summary: Great Movie!!
Review: I just recently watched this, it's really good! I'm surprised at how good it was! It was hilarious, I thought it would just be a bunch of corny jokes, ha!! What was I thinking? This was awesome!! Okay, it's a little bit racist, but used more in a joke style than anything! Undercover Brother(Griffin) is being persued by a bunch of white sexist guys! One of the workers, she devil(Denise Richards) is sent to kill Undercover Brother but instead, falls in love with him! Then, there's Sista Girl(Kattan) and they all end up working together in a big group with some other members, to defeat these white guys, who have kidnapped a famous dark coloured person! It's a good movie, so watch it!!
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Summary: Undercover Brother
Review: Great movie for everyone. A little bit of everything in it to please anyone. Great for people who like comedy and hate mayo. If you liked Austin Powers if he was a black person from the 70s you will love this!!!!!!
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Summary: "Undercover Brother"? More like a wet blanket
Review: Undercover Brother, the super-spy borne from an Internet cartoon, is a paradox, in a productive way. A funky brother in a decidedly unfunky time, he'd seem to be the perfect person to inject soul into a soulless age. But alas, "Undercover Brother", the movie borne from the Internet cartoon, is also a paradox, but in a more destructive way. It's also a very hypocritical film. Right off the top, the film makes a point of denigrating the mistakes of recent black pop culture icons (Urkel, Rodman, etc.). I had high hopes for the inherent cleverness of its premise -- that said mistakes were perpetrated by a vast conspiracy to keep the funky black man down -- but the film goes on to reveal a host of characters that revel in those self same mistakes. Dave Chappelle's 'Conspiracy Brother' character, while providing most of the film's obvious laughs, is the kind of undignified manic clown that the film is railing against. Chi McBride's 'The Chief' is supposed to be a parody of a cliche (the gruff, always yelling, tough talking chief with a heart of gold), but it doesn't tear down the layers of this kind of character enough to make the point tangible and relevant. The menace of 'The Man', a literal representation of that oft-mentioned vast conspiracy, while surely meant to be cartoonish should at least have been slightly real. We never see The Man's face, only a darkened silhouette. Fine. But his island fortress is more Dr. Evil than Dr. No (come to think of it, much of this movie feels like a pale "Austin Powers" knock-off). And his main henchman Mr. Feather, a role that could have been a golden opportunity to give a serious or burly actor a ridiculously comic part, is wasted by casting Chris Kattan. Kattan does little more than mug his way through the part (sadly, Kattan's isn't even the worst performance here; Denise Richards proves once again that unless she's playing the object of desire, she's useless). At several points he's supposed to show how Feather, an unabashed white supremacist, is a slave to the rhythm whenever a funky musical groove is played. Only Kattan can't find the beat with a flashlight and a metronome. And can you imagine the terror Undercover Brother must feel when confronted by his arch-nemesis, and said arch-nemesis is 5'5" and weighs 120 lbs soaking wet? That's right: there is none. I know, the incongruence of all this is supposed to be broad and jokey. But it sure isn't funny. Many of the film's jokes can be seen coming a mile away. And when they can't, the filmmakers, who appear to have little respect for the intelligence of their audience, give a wink-wink visual explanation that wrings all semblance of humour from the proceedings. One such moment has The Chief lamenting that he's, "Too old for this s--t." In case you didn't get the obvious reference, he casts a knowing look on a picture of Danny Glover hanging on the wall behind him. Ugh! Mostly, the film can't decide if it's going to be an "Airplane"-style absurdist parody, or a "Saturday Night Live"-style slapstick romp. This lack of commitment dulls the comedy greatly. Eddie Griffin, a comic-actor who can be supremely appealing when his grating charisma is toned down, isn't nearly as manic as he could have been. But he's also nowhere near as funny. Griffin, whose absurd improvisations nearly made "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" watchable, is kept on a leash so tight that he's in danger of asphyxiating. He tries his best to get mileage out of his enormous afro and retro clothing by flashing a big bright smile and busting a hip dance move every chance he gets, but he comes off more as a straight man than the riotous comic creation that this movie needs at its centre. Without it, the rest just falls flat. Director Malcolm D. Lee gets in some retributive jabs on behalf of his brother Spike, and in the beginning it appears that he has created an interesting and energetic way of telling the story. But the film feels sloppily put together. Scenes end without rhyme or reason, and start up again without any sense of context. During the climactic battle, when two or three plotlines are happening at once, the audience becomes confused and lost in the action. Where Lee does shine is in his choice of music, assembling a super-funky soundtrack that cobbles together the greatest hits of The Commodores ('Brick House'), Wild Cherry ('Play That Funky Music'), James Brown ('Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)') and, most pleasingly but somewhat out of place, Gil Scott-Heron ('The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'). Parliament's 'Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)' scores Undercover Brother's intro with perfect panache. And the song used for the opening credits appears to be a well-conceived in-joke: 'Pick Up The Pieces' by the, ahem, Average White Band. I have to give the film credit; it does have its moments. I caught myself laughing at a scene where Undercover Brother and two goons stop fighting, make themselves some snacks and sodas, and pull up a couple of chairs, when they realize that a cat fight has broken out between Denise Richards and Aunjanue Ellis' Sistah Girl. But the film is ultimately a failure because its premise, with so much potential for ripe parody and biting satire, is squandered at nearly every turn. "Undercover Brother" wants to uncover some relevant social issues with hip comedy. Instead, it covers them up with a wet blanket.
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Summary: Undercover Brother
Review: We saw the movie on Saturday, June 15, 2002, the movie is not only funny but the character's keeps you on the edge of your seat with the laughter. It has a twist of comedy today and past that I full enjoy. The Director of this movie uses his creative very well. Especially the scene, where the car turning around and around in the street without one drop of soda spilling out of the paper cup, it was amazing to see. I would high recommend this movie as an excellent movie to see if you like comedy.
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Summary: It started slow but then got hilarious
Review: Undercover Brother: Eddie Griffin stars in this funny, often hilarious, send-up of the '70s era "Blaxploitation" movies. Here he plays the Robin Hood of the Ghetto recruited by the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.Hood in their battle against, The Man. It appears that, yes, there is one person leading the never-ending battle to keep the Black Man down. His latest plot involves brainwashing a retiring General, played by Billy Dee Williams, and keeping him from running for president. Undercover Brother joins Sistah Girl, Smart Brother, Conspiracy Brother, and the White Boy in this battle against The Man and his minions, The White She-Devil and Mr. Feather.
Griffin is great in this role. He obviously has a reverence for that bygone era of the '70s and his parody is dead on for many of the movies that were hits then. His love of Jim Kelly will be a hoot for fans of Enter the Dragon and other great movies like Black Belt Jones. Jokes fly throughout this movie with many site gags. Some do fall flat but others take hold and leave you shaking with laughter. This is definitely one to listen closely to as many jokes are laced underneath the dialogue of other conversations and are even funnier than the main joke.
You will need to give this movie some time though. Most people aren't going to find the opening jokes as hilarious as others. However about halfway into the movie things really begin to come together and everyone will probably end up laughing.
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Summary: OK.......
Review: ...Some of the jokes are funny, and some aren't. The only real redeeming feature is Denise Richards ;) If you are going to see it, go for the matinee.
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Summary: Should Have Been Direct to Video
Review: This movie was so bad that in the first two minutes of it I wanted to walk out of the theater this movie was nothing like I thought it would be I whould have liked more action. Also there can be only one Austin Powers.
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