Malibu's Most Wanted

Kennedy doesn't take the character any deeper than a caricature of rich, nonblack fans of hip-hop culture. But as a caricature, he's fantastic.Read Full Review »

Think of a B-grade "Bulworth" with lesser talents than A-listers Warren Beatty and Halle Berry.Read Full Review »

Flashes of inspiration illuminate stretches of routine sitcom material; it's the kind of movie where the audience laughs loudly and then falls silent for the next five minutes.Read Full Review »

Most Wanted isn't aiming for social commentary, but it isn't too difficult to enjoy its good-natured humor.Read Full Review »

Think Jerry Lewis doing Eminem, or maybe it's Eminem doing Jerry Lewis (or maybe it's Pauly Shore doing Vanilla Ice), and you've got B-Rad.Read Full Review »

After an hour, or two-thirds of the film, they run out of gas. This is the kind of material that's easier to set up than it is to bring together in a satisfying fashion.Read Full Review »

Wanted isn't quite the real Slim Shady of hip-hop comedies. But you might lose yourself in a few of its amusing moments.Read Full Review »

Any movie that lumps Mr. O'Neal, Ms. Derek and Snoop Dogg (as the voice of a gangsta-rap answer to Stuart Little) under the same title can't be all bad.Read Full Review »

A send-up of rap personality in which no one actually has a personality. The joke, alas, is on the movie.Read Full Review »

If only Malibu's Most Wanted had been a little more daring, it might have managed to satirize the playacting ludicrousness of gangsta style.Read Full Review »