Undercover Brother (2002)

Wonderful character development!

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Excellent adaptation.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Undercover Brother is a great film and the comedy is effortless. The cast give very good performances and viewers are treated to a simple and humorous plot. In every essence this is a 'feel good' movie, it is not made to be intellectually complex or thought provoking. Nor is there any expectation to claim an Oscar. Feel good movies make you feel light-hearted and very satisfied that you watched it, these are the kind of movies you love to watch and keep a copy to see it again. It cannot be compared to Schinder's list which is Oscar worthy but not something you feel like seeing again. The plot is simple and the villains are hilarious in order to convey the light-hearted nature of what would be a serious issue in any other context. Talented and intelligent writers make the material tale a big leap. Eddie Griffin is fantastic and does a great job as the lead actor and Denise Richards is stunning. This is a very strong feel good film that will both entertain and make you feel good. 8.5/10

One of my favorite movies of all-time. The way it portray a Solid black man as a Funky James Bond is just OUTRAGEOUSLY Excellent! Love looking at Denise Richards lovely ass as a NICE bonus! Having grown in the 1970's this film just so beautifully and hilariously portrays the Black Pride of that period along with all of the positive growth that occur through the character of Undercover Brother. Each spoof had me rolling on the floor laughing my ass off. Moreover, the way the supporting cast brings it all together just the secret sauce to make "Uncover Brother" too funky too miss!! SOLID! And might I again mention that Denise Richards looks at her LOVELIEST!!!

This is an amazingly good-natured send-up of black and white stereotypes as exemplified in blacksploitation movies of the 70's. Great job on costumes for Undercover Brother in that sense. SOLID supporting cast, especially Dave Chappelle, who is absolutely "ass-kicking" as Conspiracy Brother. Chi McBride and Neil Patrick Harris are outstanding as well. The ONLY bad spot for me is Chris Kattan, whose over-the-top hysterics are not in keeping with the Shaft-cool vibe of the rest of the film. He is desperately unfunny. But the rest of the cast pretty much makes up for him. Great soundtrack too.

I watched this movie as a kid, 9 years old. I'm a white, dutch guy so I back then, I had no idea what I was watching. I laughed a lot at the standard comedy jokes and it became a piece of nostalgia to me.For a very long time I didn't know what the movie was called. But my solid memory left me with the main character's name "Undercover Brother", which made tracking the movie at the age of 17 an easy task.I watched it again and yeah, it's pretty funny. It's Austin Powers like; witty comedy, sometimes just random but always well presented. It doesn't really anything new to the concept of comedy and there's nothing to say about the plot, because it's a satire of the cliché plot (as is Austin Powers), so I won't talk about that. Saves me the trouble of talking around spoilers.What I thought was just amazing is the cast and the feeling behind this movie. No, not any of the obvious characters, I'm talking James Brown, but mainly, Snoop Dogg at the end. That's right, Snoop Dogg rapped the end theme of the song.To me, this really goes to show how much connectivity black people have. There may much diversity among them, but for some reason, they all share something us whiteys just don't understand, and probably intimidates the hell out of some of us.What can I say. They got soul and so does this comedy.