🗣️What’s your favorite line from this movie?! 🍫 Sidney: 👧🏽🗣️“I need you to be happy for me! So I can have tea and eat cucumber sandwiches with the crust cut off!” Dre:👦🏾🗣️ “🤣😂😅😂🤣😭😭🫠🫠😗😆😂🤣😂🤣🥹”
When Dre caught his wife cheating and said: “My man, I want your most expensive champagne bc we finna get ready to celebrate,” 🥂*Klink Klink*🥂” My divorrrcccceeee, and some pork chops bc im kinda hungry.” 🤣🤣
Not exactly a favorite line but scene. It was when they were in that store looking at the vase or w.e that decorative peace was. Looking at dre and cid reaction to it.
“ no I don’t have a problem with your friendship with Dre… I have a problem that your in love with Dre” the fact that his own wife isn’t let in like she is really astonished me. I love this movie.
This is the ONLY time Sanaa belongs with Taye. I said what I said. This is personally one of my favorite rom coms. They had similar interests, they were on EQUAL FOOTING, and seemed to really had each other's best interests in heart. It is one of few black romcoms that isnt filled with toxicity and then wrapped it in hip hop history.
Please do the Selena movie because the movie also helped immortalize Selena’s legacy following her untimely death, becoming a cultural marker for Mexican Americans and other Latinos who saw their own bicultural family experiences reflected in her life story.
Right, Taye and Sanaa were part of black RoCom royalty back then... But Boris and Nicole were sold as a set back then - you see one, you see the other.
I liked Nicole Ari Parker's catty rival character to Sanaa's. I also liked that this movie was realistic about how hard it is to break into the music business (any facet of the entertainment business), and how downright harsh even condescending people are when it comes to trying to kill your dreams.
It was cool to see both Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan being in this film not long after The Best Man came out. I have the dvd, and I contemplate watching it soon 🤣. I think it’s time to come in agreement that Sanaa Lathan is one of the Black queens of Black rom com movies 💕.
As much as I love this movie this is the reason why I have to always explain the dynamics of my friendship with my male bestfriend lol. People can't believe we are STRICTLY BESTFRIENDS. This movie is always thrown in my face 🤣
Girl sameeee then I happened to watch this with said best friend thinking to myself, I hope you don't get any ideas buddy this is not us 🤭🤭 having a male best friend is hard out here in these streets 😂😂
@@breezyt33 oh I don't have to worry about him. I was the best woman in his wedding 😄 but even if he wasn't married we never even thought about it. I have to worry about whoever I'm talking to being secure enough to understand he has been my bestfriend for damn near 30 years and he's not going anywhere
Let me start off by saying your reviews are amazing! It really feels like we’re all sitting in your living room chatting about our favorite movies! Thank you for what you do! Here’s my Controversial Take: I love Brown Sugar more than Love and Basketball. So to me it’s definitely under appreciated. I can admit that Love and Basketball is a better directed movie and a better performance from Sanaa. But something about this movie just lands with me. I was a teenager when this came out and I wanted to meet a girl and build this kind of connection so bad!! 😂😂 As an adult I realized two things when I rewatched this. 1. Sanaa is absolutely stunning, but isn’t the best actress. I feel the like the charisma of Mos Def, Taye, and Queen carried the movie. 2. Wendell Pierce’s character HAD to be based on Diddy! When you think of the time and Diddy having shows like Making Da Band trying to manufacture successful groups while also having artists starting to coming out to talk about their bad deals with Bad Boy at the time I’m sure Simon was loosely based on him. 😂
If possible "morris chestnut and taraji Henson in "Not Easily Broken" & Idris Elba and gabriel union "Daddys little girls" are some Real gems of black movies
Lets add "Nappily Ever After" & "Something New" as 2 other rom com where Sanaa Lathan is STILL playing the same character. Listen. I loveeee Sanaa but I'm seeing as an adult that she doesn’t have any range. And in a weird way, the child in me loves her that way. I got to see Sanaa looking and sounding like the Sanaa I loved in many movies, living different lives with different loves, jobs and families😁
Brown Sugar started off real slow for me in the beginning but I ended up liking it in the end despite it being the predictable romance movie we've seen so often....Loved the soundtrack, seeing the Hip Hop luminaries briefly tell their inspirations in the beginning of the film and appreciated the side plot about staying true to yourself...Good commentary Tyra...Keep up the good work.
What I love most about this movie aside from the major major key points you made about it, is the simplicity of relatability of their relationship & the dynamics of it. I think that’s what makes this movie; outside of its proper respect & love for Hip Hop w/ amazing writing, an impactful work of art that can be appreciated throughout time! We all deserve that “perfect verse over a tight beat”. ♥️ ♥️
I loved this movie growing up, this was my first introduction to Sanaa Lathan and I was just engrossed in her beauty. The cast was an all star to me, with a few comical scenes 😂. I like how Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe both played the partners of the main characters. The soundtracks on this movie was good too, my mother had the double disc cd and on one side played regular and on the other was two music videos, “Brown Sugar by Mos Def ft. Faith Evens and Love Of My Life by Erykah Badu ft Common. Great Review!! 🫶🏽♥️
The intro 🤣 I loovvveeeeee brown suga That’s when I fell in love with Mos def’s music I first fell in love with hiphop with Slick Rick, Mos def, queen Latifah, mc lyte , common I’m late 20s btw , So ,Kanye, Drake (his early shit n “If you’re reading this it’s too late”.
I've been waiting for this movie to be reviewed by you. Love your channel. I now understand why your name is "Struggle Reviewz" because most of these movies feature struggle azz love lmao. I used to love Sanaa, but after revisiting these movies she was given the same roles showcasing very little range, and I look at her in a different light now. Anyways, excellent quality review as always!
Is it just me OR the *kitchen* Sanaa Lathan is standing in during the party when Boris Kodjoe proposes is Sanaa's kitchen in .... 'Dissappearing Acts'??
13:57 I like your vibes. Got me laughing too hard. You was feeling it. 😂😂😂 16:02 😂😂😂😂 Also, I think Queen Latifah and mos def or yasiin bey did a great job being the supporting cast. They shined well in this film. I feel like they made the film more interesting. 17:31 this is what some toxic women do who try to mark their territory at the last minute. Knowing she rejected him in the past. 20:30 this probably could’ve been a hit if they came out with this song in this time period. Overall, I think the movie is very realistic which is why I think it wasn’t as bad as everyone else made it. I literally seen situations like this in real time. But your review on it was solid and very entertaining. 5 star review
Awesome review!! I remember reading watching this movie in the car as me and my high school boyfriend were on the way to his senior prom in 2003. I love the soundtrack to this movie and the fashion at that time!! The fashion brings back so many memories! Have you done a review on The Family that Preys?
This is the best review of this movie. I have ALWAYS been bugged by Dre's disrespect of his wife and the depction of Reece as some cold , controlling wife when in fact, everything she said to Dre was rightt! Dre WAS marginalising her and gaslighting her by acting like she was wrong to be offended that he went to his 'Friend' before coming to her...Dre was no catch. Selfish, self involved, diloyal...and you're right....Saana was playing a bunch of inerchangeable roles with some dusty , good looking, time wasting men! Poor thing, she had to eat some vanilla ice cream to get some unconditional love and sweet nothings leading to big something!
For me it was ‘’Don’t See Us’ by The Roots that made me fall in love with Hip-Hop, but the first song that stuck with me was ‘Looking at the Front Door’ by Main Source
Random questions/ observations: Why was Sydney as a grown woman wearing little girl ornaments in her hair? The ballies. Was that supposed to foreshadow her childishness of going about the relationship? How long did Reese know Dre? Perhaps she would’ve noticed the warning signs it wasn’t going to go well if she waited it out longer Why was Reese paying off her own wedding ring? RED FLAG 🚩 Great review, but I didn’t like the movie overall. All the toxicity between the couples and the cheating made me not enjoy the romance aspect but the hip hop aspect was great, the beginning felt like I was starting a cool documentary.
100 %. It might have been better as a hip hop history/herstory. Reece was woman enough to try to make it work while Dre just had no accountablity. He didn't deserve either of these women
The one time our female main character says no and the dude accepts it and doesn’t, y’know, fucking stalk, manipulate, pressure or harass her and THIS is how she acts. SHE can’t let HIM go, keeps doing the most, but never enough to just be honest?? This is why we as women can’t have shit 😭
I looove Sanaa Lathan! Great review Sis. I've been binge watching your videos today so it's about time I leave a comment lol. Sanaa does play the same character mostly but she was really good in Out of Time with Denzel
Awesome review 😊! This is 1 of my all-time fave movies that I can watch over & over ❤! Unfortunately, I let my husband borrow it when we were just friends (it was "our" movie) & he lost my discs 😮! Thank goodness for digital platforms!
Again, I don’t know why I wasn’t even alerted to your live, I missed almost the whole thing🥲🥲🥺, but I’ll be back to watch it again, just like the bodyguard(I already watched it like 6-7 times)😝😂 hilarious and good points made.
Love it ❤Fire Review 🔥 Perfect timing as Hip Hop turns 50 years old this year. Thanks 🙏🏾 for this one! Keep it Fresh & Dope always! Peace ✌🏾 ☮️ #HipHop1973
Funny as hell as usual, love your reviewing style. But this movie is trash, I hate the trope of two life long friends never making a move or making a half-assed move at a relationship and suddenly when the other person gets involved with someone else and it’s too late blah blah blah. Sidney and Andre had almost 2 DECADES to get together without all the drama of this movie. And he was off the market first, why is he calling her to ask about her love life and whispering and shit!??? I don’t blame his wife for going out on a date and fulfilling her needs/wants, even if it was cheating physically, (he was cheating emotionally)cuz her man was trash. How are you NOT confiding in your wife about your dreams, problems, etc…?? As your life partner I shouldn’t have to pry it out of you. It’s not like homegirl wasn’t trying either😂. And the trash writing, you’re right, they tried to make Sidney and Andre come out of this situation smelling like roses. 🙄 uh uh, lean a lil bit closer see roses really smell like poo poo pooh. The littlest “faults” in their significant others made them less than and not even worthy of being with them anymore. Like no, y’all both trash and deserve nothing. 🤨😂🤣
Hey beautiful...I was trying to comment on your Megan review, but the comments were off. I just wanted to say my ass is slow 😂 it took me a minute to realize all the Meg The stallion cuts! Great reviews as always!
Liked this movie. It's a perfect balance of estimated not over not under. Since dre an sid were the focus yeah it did seem wrong they never addressed all they dirt to anyone else
i never saw "Love & Basketball", so i always hoped this movie would make up for that. i do remember the Soul Food series days when Nicole and Boris were linked and that's why in this movie i always was like '🤔, they supposed to be together' and Dre and Sidney should be together. @ the scene when Nicole and Boris were watching Sanaa and Taye just enjoying each other's company and energy i was like 'That's why y'all deserve each other. Jealous of a friendship.' Feel like the movie really ran around the same block to finish where it started. Dre and Sidney being together. People need to just get out of your own way. Go after who you truly want. i don't want to hear no "Seven Days" by Mary J.
And it's not on my to-do list either. During the time there were so many Black romcoms with similar storylines or the same actors/actresses. It was TOO MUCH. i am sorry. Not going back
I remember when this movie preview came out me and my friend thought it was about to be 🔥. Then I went to see it and was like that 💩 was 🗑. I think they said hip hop 87 times. Haven't watched since. Maybe fresh adult eyes might be slightly better.
@@nunya6717 why did you have to lowkey roast Honey like that 😭😭 I read it in her voice and lost it!! Def did not realize all the cultural appropriation as a youth
I love this movie my favorite part when he was on the cab and he started laughing at him he said 100 dalmatian kill Hip Hop and he say let me out so you have my feelings I want to ask you a question did you did the wood movie that's my number one movie of all times the the wood movie
I really like your review and I have to agree, it was really love & basketball all over again but with music. I have to say the dynamic between Dre and Sydney was really interesting and really cute, especially how they met, but I feel that since both of them, specifically Sidney were really dragging their whole relationship too much after that rooftop rejection, it ruined them(Dre, specifically). Plus, Dre should've stayed single but still took a chance on seeing somebody else. I believe that Dre was 'the best man' to and for Sydney, but she wasn't exactly the same, even though she clearly had feelings for him. It's very funny yet kinda cute how Sanaa was in 4 movies(The Wood, Love & Basketball, The Best Man, and Brown Sugar) with both Taye and Omar Epps, where she plays their CHILDHOOD LOVE interests, the only difference is Sanaa and Taye's characters(The Best Man) didn't know the other for that many years. In other movies, they played with each other's feelings(Harper did Robin very wrong by cheating), and (Sidney kinda did Dre wrong by playing hard to get). Overall, Dre is way better than Harper, character-wise, but they're also kinda similar in wanting someone they always loved(Sidney and Jordan) while treating their significant others(Robin and Reese) wrong to do it. Reese was definitely a victim, but it's great that she found somebody else(her real-life husband, how cute!). I think that Dre should've moved on, or at least tried to even if he felt like someone may not measure up to his Sydney. But I feel like if he did find (and probably married) that someone, I can definitely imagine it being Robin(The Best Man), Sidney's doppelganger.
Please do the Selena movie because the movie also helped immortalize Selena’s legacy following her untimely death, becoming a cultural marker for Mexican Americans and other Latinos who saw their own bicultural family experiences reflected in her life story.
I watched the movie in my preteens twice and didn't like it I felt that the story line was a little slow and boring and watched it again from 30 year old perspective still felt the same. However, the movie soundtrack was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I hated this movie as a “kid” should’ve stayed in a child’s place! As in adult, I like it more than love and basketball. Res would’ve been justified for crime of passion “just saying” shrugs!!!! Dre and Sydeney played in her face tooo much and gas lit her to no end. I sound like I hate the movie lol. This 27 year old me today, can appreciate this and understand this is how life goes.
