just watch it!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

There are those who believe—quite reasonably, in my opinion—that Undercover Brother, an African-American Austin Powers rip-off starring Eddie Griffin, promotes reverse racism by depicting whites as evil, uncool, and dedicated to oppressing the black race via a variety of underhand means. But that isn't what I found most objectionable about the film: it was the lack of decent gags that really bothered me.Undercover Brother's extremely lazy comedy clearly strives to emulate Mike Meyers' wacky style, but the result is a series of desperately unfunny gags that made me cringe more than laugh; a shame, because the crazy world of a funky soul-brother obsessed with the 70s is surely a potential comedic goldmine, offering more than enough material for a couple of hours of genuinely laugh-out loud silliness.Or perhaps I just didn't find the film funny because I'm a nerdy and humourless honky with zero taste in almost everything.

The black version of Austin Powers after 5 years of the original. Or it's the Bond spoof meets the Blexploitation spoof. Anyhow it's one of the funniest comedies through one of the shortest 90 minutes movies. But it got some problems that made it away from being the smart parody it could've been._The casting : (Eddie Griffin) is good comedian but way far to be a lead. He lacked the charisma and the personal touch. (Chris Kattan) transformed the whole matter into a big silly gag, sometimes being hysterical doesn't mean laughable. (Denise Richards) don't get me starting, as an actress she's the weakest, and as a sexy mama she's not (they even had to enlarge her assets to look good at the poster !!). (Chi McBride) wasn't that good as a comedian. And finally (Aunjanue Ellis) was droll as (Sistah Girl) but not great as a (girl)! _The direction : (Malcolm D. Lee) handled it lame for most of the time. He let the jokes scenes, like all of Dave Chappelle's ones, be like a stand-up comic number or a devoted TV work. His cadres were so tide, his camera didn't move where it should be. I felt like this is just a TV sketch more than a respectable cinematic parody. Not to mention how I'm still dying to watch a parody, any parody, for the technicalities, the goofs, and the lowness of some of the Blexploitation movies, to not find it here or anywhere ! They're things begging to be spoofed._The production : it's weird, because at the end you'd witness some money here, like they were saving what they have during all the movie to spend it away at the climax only ?? Despite anything, its writer (John Ridley) made a fine comedy with some effective sarcasm aiming at the modern pop, and representing some nice "black" jokes about the so-called "white" culture. I found it too amusing to watch ideas like : a brainwash by the Mayonnaise, letting the politics to the Kentucky Fried chicken, the rap music beats the racism,.. etc. It's even an ethical movie (drugs can make you paranoiac)!. All of that in fast speed, sharp editing (sometimes), and with so brilliant dialog. Without the usual common nowadays' trash of (toilet humor, bad taste, dirty rude comedy,..).In fact it managed to be good as a spoof, but not as a very good spoof.

I don't watch a lot of comedies because most seem not at all funny to me. Admittedly I'm not looking out for those films with a lot of interest in seeing them. I didn't think I'd ever see something approaching the hilarity of "Office Space" ever again until I stumbled across this film one night. I could tell in one or two minutes it was going to be funny. I was not disappointed.The humor seem to have grew throughout the film. The power of this comedy is its entire 'staying power', and with only a few exceptions it builds at the beginning and never lets up. Brilliantly done spoof that manages to strike the perfect tone of balance throughout by the characters ever outrageous pokes at stereotypes of all kinds, the sexuality of black men, especially with white women, is laughed at in all kinds of ridiculous and over the top angles, mixing in the token look of Uncle Tom in a white mans business world to the alter ego of Eddie Griffin, the title character of the movie. Dave Chappelle is fantastic, continually spoofing the angry black man with a conspiracy problem and a weed problem, never quite in on whats the subject but always funny.Billie Dee Williams character was great too and a unforgiving and harsh jab at Ret. Gen. Colin Powell, a military man who held real credentials until his one blemish, going to the UN with news he probably didn't believe (note: my opinion) I also do not know if a feeling of resentment by the black community was real or, like much of this film, just imagined and spoofed in this comparison of these two, as 'Gen. Boutwell' turns into a 'down on the farm' character in black face, dancing at the behest of the white world for profit and inclusion in the all white club. But, of course, its out of 'his control', so he is not really responsible for it. If there is a deeper message, its hidden, but I do know it's its a most clever skewering of someone. And that's a real point of the film is how to read it, how far the director is going, and what other stereotypes will be exploded in the viewers face.Whether its 'representing or just pretending' in a way, whether real, imagined, or hilariously spoofed, its all funny. Some spoofs are very artful and accurate in their intent and the complexities of the surroundings are always just as in tune with being over the top as the spirited performances of the cast. "Mr. Feather" was carried out with hilarity, and was right in line with the outrageous nature of everyone else. (Funny dance scene.) Neil Patrick Harris and Denise Richards (who was maybe featured more than she should have) were both good as well, and it struck just the right balance throughout this laugh fest of all their roles together with the rest of the cast. It stayed funny till its very end. Fantastic job goes out to John Ridley and Malcolm D. Lee on this one.

When I first saw this show I thought it was going to be another lame spoof series on the order of Scary Movie or maybe Austin Powers.What I found instead was a comedy on the level of Mel Brooks at his very best, a classic Saturday Night Live skit, or a stand-up comic who knows his audience perfectly.Race relations and Hollywood stereotypes couldn't have been portrayed any funnier. The parody was clever and what crude humor there was didn't violate the bounds of decency as so often happens with this genre of movie.Yes, there are people who won't get it. There are people who will find the racial stereotypes to be stupid and won't understand that it was intentionally so or feel the comic effect.But that's a good thing. It's better that you read a review like that before you go see this movie than what I wrote so that you can be very pleasantly surprised.