Synopsis
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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Cast
- Sanaa LathanSidney 'Sid' Shaw
- Taye DiggsAndre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
- Yasiin BeyChris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
- Nicole Ari ParkerReese Marie Wiggam Ellis
- Boris KodjoeKelby Dawson
- Queen LatifahFrancine
- Wendell PierceSimon
- Erik WeinerRen
- Reggi WynsTen
- Melissa MartínezMeghan
Recommendations
- 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sweet. The pun is unavoidable. It's the only adjective that fully captures the flavor of the romantic comedy Brown Sugar. - 75
Charlotte Observer
All are watchable, attractive people who haven't worn out their welcomes. But if they continue to go round and round like this, they may. Aren't more African -American actors waiting in the wings to play romantic leads? - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Delightful love story. - 70
Wall Street Journal
This isn't great filmmaking, but, under Rick Famuyiwa's direction, it's more than good enough. - 70
Washington Post
May not be the most nutritious movie on the table, but it lives up to its sweet promise. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Exist as extended videos for the accompanying soul and rap soundtrack. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
As a love-jones soap opera, Brown Sugar feeds right into Dre's nostalgic crankiness. - 50
Boston Globe
Brown Sugar fails to produce an image of hip-hoppery as fascinating and complex as the moment when Halle Berry set her tongue wagging during a ghetto-fabulous grind with Warren Beatty in ''Bulworth.''
