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Rick Famuyiwa breathes a refreshing burst of air into the romantic comedy genre with BROWN SUGAR, a film that is as much a tribute to hip-hop as it is a celebration of friendship and love. Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan), best friends since elementary school, have been in love with rap music since they can remember. .. Read more

Starring	Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe
Director	Rick Famuyiwa
Genres	Comedy, Romance

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  - 1
  Can you Digg it?
  
  Like many black american comedy romances, this is an earth ultimately heart warming tale yet with an original twist of looking at the history of hip hop and rap... read more »
  
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  - west london
  - 07 Jul 2004 at 10:49
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  Worth it.
  
  Definitely worth watching. Anyone who loved the film love & basketball won't be disappointed with this one. Top notch film highly recommend it.
  
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- - a customer
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 13:50
- - 0
  - 0
  disappointing dont bother
  
  wanted to see this but real disappointed not at all
  
  what i expected story line boring give a miss folks
  
  not a good view
  
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- 971692
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  - glasgow
  - 10 Mar 2011 at 13:10
- - 1
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  Loved watching this film
  
  Light entertainment and I throughly enjoyed watching this movie. I do not want to give anything away, so just sit back with your girls or your special guy/girl... read more »
  
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- - lollypie75
  - 119 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 09 Jul 2009 at 09:29
- - 1
  - 0
  Brown Sugar
  
  Taye Diggs is definately brown sugar, he is fine and its actually quite a good movie! I was suprised, only rented it for Taye Diggs!!
  
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  - Eastleigh
  - 08 Jul 2009 at 10:23
- - 1
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  Hip hop and love
  
  This movie is worth watching. It is different and does not have the usual love story plot. Throughout the movie, we are told about hip hop, but often while ... read more »
  
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- 721972
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  - London
  - 07 Mar 2009 at 17:26
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  Brown Sugar
  
  Quite good a bit slow in places, but great ending.
  
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  - Slough
  - 12 Dec 2008 at 18:31
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  nice one
  
  a subtle exploration of love and childhood memories on the plane of the music of the time - hiphop. taye diggs was great and sanaa was marvellous, the rest of... read more »
  
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- - faith
  - 139 reviews
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  - 04 Aug 2008 at 23:23
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  Brown Sugar
  
  Excellent film will probably buy. Well worth a watch.
  
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  - Reading
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 16:08
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  Great Film Although took a while to get into the story
  
  I felt the film dragged unnecessarily however a great film thaT I WOULD DEFINETLY WATCH AGAIN
  
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  - London
  - 12 Jul 2008 at 14:39
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  Customer Review
  
  I love chick flics but this film is total rubbish! Not only are the references to Hip Hop completely overdone (and hence overshadow the story and spoil what ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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- - 10
  - 1
  Can you Digg it?
  
  Like many black american comedy romances, this is an earth ultimately heart warming tale yet with an original twist of looking at the history of hip hop and rap... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 9204
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  - west london
  - 07 Jul 2004 at 10:49
- - 5
  - 0
  This is an enjoyable ...
  
  This is an enjoyable film and worth watching. Slightly predictable but then the majority of love stories are. Excellent performances and enjoyable storyline (... read more »
  
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- - charliesangel#1
  - ADDIEWELL
  - 05 Sep 2004 at 09:32
- - 3
  - 0
  Loved it....loved it...
  
  Loved it....loved it....loved it! Some great tracks on this dvd....why oh why was it never released in the UK cinemas, much better tha 8 mile. Shows the true ... read more »
  
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- 50166
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  - BEDFORD
  - 18 Oct 2004 at 11:30
- - 2
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  Quite a good film - ...
  
  Quite a good film - bit gooey and lovey dovey - but in a good way. Defiantely watchable.
  
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  - SCUNTHORPE
  - 10 Nov 2004 at 14:03
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  was it an allegory?
  
  Must admit I was curious to see the work of fellow Nigerian, as director Rick Famuyiwa. Verdict: nice work to tell 2 stories in 1 without being too obvious. ... read more »
  
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- 100281
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  - Holland Park, London
  - 06 May 2005 at 12:44
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  Hip hop and love
  
  This movie is worth watching. It is different and does not have the usual love story plot. Throughout the movie, we are told about hip hop, but often while ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 721972
- - a customer
  - London
  - 07 Mar 2009 at 17:26
- - 1
  - 0
  Brown Sugar
  
  Taye Diggs is definately brown sugar, he is fine and its actually quite a good movie! I was suprised, only rented it for Taye Diggs!!
  
  Report this review
- 781158
- - a customer
  - Eastleigh
  - 08 Jul 2009 at 10:23
- - 1
  - 0
  Loved watching this film
  
  Light entertainment and I throughly enjoyed watching this movie. I do not want to give anything away, so just sit back with your girls or your special guy/girl... read more »
  
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- 781626
- - lollypie75
  - 119 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 09 Jul 2009 at 09:29
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  - 0
  Although it is a ...
  
  Although it is a typical (Sanaa Lathan - Love and basketball) romance story where girl and boy grow up together and eventually end up together after going ... read more »
  
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- - Kenrick#2
  - LONDON
  - 06 Nov 2004 at 22:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Not so sweet
  
  Didn't enjoy this as at all. No real laughs. Felt like I'd wasted an evening in.
  
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- 83840
- - a customer
  - york
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 20:54

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  Rick Famuyiwa breathes a refreshing burst of air into the romantic comedy genre with BROWN SUGAR, a film that is as much a tribute to hip-hop as it is a celebration of friendship and love. Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan), best friends since elementary school, have been in love with rap ...