Review: Undercover Brother
One could make the argument that it's too easy to satirize the so-called Blacksploitation genre, considering that many of the legitimate entries ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Watch It, Austin Powers, The Funk Is Back
The NY Times review of Undercover Brother, a Malcolm D. Lee film starring Eddie Griffin and Chris Kattan. Undercover Brother movie trailer, ...
The New York Times - A. O. Scott - 05/31/02
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Blax To The Future
The excellent Eddie Griffin, in the title role, and Denise Richards in "Undercover Brother." UNDERCOVER BROTHER Boisterously amusing "Austin ...
New York Post - Jonathan Foreman - 05/31/02
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Yo bro, this is a funky flick
What The Brady Bunch Movie was to cheesy '70s white pop culture, Undercover Brother is to cheesy '70s black pop culture. ...
Canoe.ca - JIM SLOTEK - 05/31/02
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Review: Undercover Brother
Where shall I begin? Shall I tell how funny this film is, how many times I wiped tears out of my eyes? Shall I continue Director Malcolm D. Lee s ...
Film Threat - Marcus D. Russell - 05/31/02
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Review: UNDERCOVER BROTHER
An amiable if inconsistent send-up of and tribute to blaxploitation flicks of the early 1970s, essentially an urban AUSTIN POWERS with more ...
TV Guide - Steve Simels
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O Brother, where art the comedy?
Undercover Brother would like to think of itself as an African-American Austin Powers. Think again. It's not nearly as clever, outrageous, ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON - 05/31/02
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BBC - Films - review - Undercover Brother
Garish parody of 70s Blaxploitation films, starring Eddie Griffin as a secret agent with a libido as big as his Afro. The Blaxploitation era of ...
BBC - Neil Smith
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Review: Undercover Brother
Eddie Griffin as Undercover Brother. From the opening strains of the Average White Band's Pick up the Pieces, you can feel the love. ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: Undercover Brother (2002)
A high-spirited, clever satire on present-day race relations and a spoof of the '70s Blaxploitation genre, "Undercover Brother," directed by ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman - 05/31/02
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Review: UNDERCOVER BROTHER
What "Austin Powers" did for James Bond and the British spy movies of the '60s, "Undercover Brother" wants to do with "Shaft" and the ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Editorial Review
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Review: Undercover Brother
Much like the Austin Powers series did with the James Bond franchise, Undercover Brother attempts to parody blaxploitation films of the 1970 s ...
Kinnopio.com - Ed Malinowski
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Review: Undercover Brother
"Ain't no thang." Undercover Brother may be the most deadpan comedy I have ever seen; it takes some time to realize that it's satire, ...
FilmBlather.com - Eugene Novikov
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Movie Review for Undercover Brother - 2004-04-13
Brace yourself; the Afro is back and looking for laughs. This time, it's perched atop the head of wannabe movie star Eddie Griffin, ...
Cinema Blend - Joshua Tyler - 04/13/04
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JoBlo's movie review of Undercover Brother: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards
A hilarious concept, many funny gags and spoofs, a range of colorful characters including our cool lead brother and a fast and furious pace, ...
JoBlo's Movie Emporium - Berge Garabedian - 05/31/02
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Review: Undercover Brother
Perhaps the most admirable thing about the overall very admirable comedy "Undercover Brother" is that in it, race relations are distilled down to ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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Undercover Brother (2002) - Family Movie Review
LAUGHTER MAY BE A GREAT WAY to erase differences and ease tensions between diverse parties -- as long as both sides are amused. ...
Grading the Movies - Kerry Bennett
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Review: Undercover Brother
The Blaxploitation films of the 1970s starred relatively unknown black actors playing new kinds of male and female superheroes that had all of the ...
FilmCritic.com - David Levine
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Review: Undercover Brother
I don t know whether to cry or cheer. After all, the Greenwich Village Gazette is a website and we DO have cartoons here. ...
Greenwich Village Gazette - Eric Lurio
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UNDERCOVER BROTHER Film Review
"Austin Powers" meets "Shaft" might have been the pitch, but that would have been a good movie. Instead, "Undercover Brother" (based on the ...
Boxoffice Online - Tim Cogshell
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Review: Undercover Brother
Ever since black sheriff Cleavon Little took himself hostage to stave off racist townsfolk in Blazing Saddles , the dichotomy between white and ...
Empire Online - Chris Hewitt
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'Undercover Brother' a sorry satire on race
The Boston Globe - Renee Graham, Globe Staff - 05/31/02
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Holy Motown! There's a soulful new superhero on the scene.
Pros The cast is uniform and the majority of the gags are surefire hits. Cons Might be too damn funky for some. The Bottom Line UNDERCOVER BROTHER ...
Epinions - deadmilkboy - 07/21/03
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How Undercover Brother got his groove back
Pros hilarious, odd characters, fun Cons often dull, awkward The Bottom Line A nice try and worth a look but don't expect too much. ...
Epinions - Pffrdfdus7 - 06/26/02
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Undercover Brother- An alternative to Powers
Pros Hilarious, great extras, great DVD presentation Cons Some jokes fall flat, racial humor may get old The Bottom Line Great popcorn comedy. ...
Epinions - bnl771 - 05/27/03
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