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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 27 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 2, 2003
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Eddie Griffin & Chris Kattan | |
Performer: | Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris, Chi McBride, Billy Dee Williams, Gary Anthony Williams & James Brown | |
Directed by | Malcolm D. Lee | |
Screenwriting by | John Ridley & Michael McCullers | |
Composition by | Stanley Clarke | |
Story by | John Ridley | |
Produced by | Brian Grazer, Michael Jenkinson & Damon Lee | |
Director of Photography: | Tom Priestley | |
Executive Production by | John Ridley & Bill Carraro |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
Stereotype-based satire; not for young kids.
Full Review
Common Sense Media
Much funnier and craftier than it had any right to be.
Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Even the soundtrack selections are second- or third-hand.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
...Affably loopy....The broad physical comedy is as reliable as a brick house...
USA Today
Instead of packing an R-rated, politically incorrect punch, the film goes for the easy laughs without getting too raunchy or violent, and the result is mildly amusing but mostly mediocre.
Ebert & Roeper
...UNDERCOVER BROTHER is Griffin's comedic redemption...
Total Film
Rating: 3/4 --
Even during periods when the belly laughs subside, Griffin continues to keep it really amusing with his exuberant flair for physical comedy and mock-serious swagger.
Variety
Product Description:
Malcolm D. Lee's UNDERCOVER BROTHER is a rollicking spoof that earns the distinction of being the first studio film to find its inspiration in a character created specifically for the Internet. Based on writer John Ridley's satirical series which premiered on the Urban Entertainment web site, UNDERCOVER BROTHER follows a hipper-than-hip, Afro-sporting superhero-of-sorts (the multi-talented Eddie Griffin) who stands up for oppressed people everywhere, and looks damn good doing it. But when The Man and his demonic henchman Mr. Feather (Chris Kattan) drug a wildly popular black presidential candidate (Billy Dee Williams), Undercover Brother must team up with the positive underground group the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. in order to restore peace and unity within the community. Employing his seemingly endless arsenal of clever disguises--including the ultra-nerdy Anton Jackson--Undercover Brother embarks on his dangerous mission.
Lee's live action comedy successfully preserves the energy of the original animated shorts, resulting in an hysterical romp that is stuffed with enough pop culture references for two sequels. Griffin uses the character as a platform for his boundless talents, and supporting players Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Aunjenue Ellis, Denise Richards, and Neil Patrick Harris do their part to keep the jokes erupting like a giddy volcano.
Lee's live action comedy successfully preserves the energy of the original animated shorts, resulting in an hysterical romp that is stuffed with enough pop culture references for two sequels. Griffin uses the character as a platform for his boundless talents, and supporting players Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Aunjenue Ellis, Denise Richards, and Neil Patrick Harris do their part to keep the jokes erupting like a giddy volcano.
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- Sales Rank: 34,151
- UPC: 025192245022
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