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66% Critic Match
Brown Sugar
“When did you first fall in love with hip-hop?”
6.6 / 10• 2002• 1h 49m•PG-13• English
RomanceComedy
Storyline
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Cast & Crew
Sanaa Lathan
Sidney 'Sid' Shaw
Lead
Taye Diggs
Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Yasiin Bey
Chris Anton 'Cav' Vichon
Nicole Ari Parker
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Boris Kodjoe
Kelby Dawson
Queen Latifah
Francine
Wendell Pierce
Simon
Erik Weiner
Ren
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rick Famuyiwa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Brown Sugar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
