Sweet. The pun is unavoidable. It's the only adjective that fully captures the flavor of the romantic comedy Brown Sugar.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
What Brown Sugar lacks in originality, it makes up for in charm.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
May be pitching itself to the wrong audience. The ads promise: "The Rhythm ... the Beat ... the Love ... and You Don't Stop!" But it's not a musical and although it's sometimes a comedy, it's observant about its people.Read Full Review »
Isn't much more than another conveyer-belt romantic comedy.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
As a love-jones soap opera, Brown Sugar feeds right into Dre's nostalgic crankiness.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
The new black movies make those of us sitting in the theater watching feel as if we actually count for something. That good feeling can carry you through this movie's silly and dull patches.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
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.''Read Full Review »