Brown Sugar

Product Description:
Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 01/06/2009Run time: 109 minutesRating: Pg13

Amazon.com:
One of 2002's most underrated films, Brown Sugar offers more than you'd expect from a conventional romantic comedy. The love story between Dre (Taye Diggs) and Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) is the least interesting part of the movie; the costars have delightful chemistry, but their hookup is a given. What's refreshing is the way the story draws a parallel between Dre and Sidney's longtime friendship (they meet as kids in a 1984 flashback) and the evolution of hip-hop music from urban roots to dubious mainstream acceptance. Dre's a disillusioned producer at pop-fueled Millennium Records, married to a beauty (Nicole Ari Parker) who cheats while embracing her coveted status quo. Editor of an influential music magazine, Sidney's tentatively engaged to a basketball star (Boris Kodjoe), but these loves are obstacles, and Dre and Sidney are meant for each other. In bringing them together, Brown Sugar allows for human mistakes, intelligent solutions, and the kind of three-dimensional behavior that romantic comedies typically don't provide. --Jeff Shannon

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Kudos to Hip Hop
I love this movie. It's one of my favorites, because its around the time I was coming up and the music scence.I had it on video, but not DVD.The DVD quality is great, thanks!
Rating: - "You are the perfect verse over a tight beat"
I agree with the editorial review. Its kind of sad that I couldnt find this DVD in stores and had to revert to purchasing it online at Amazon.com. You can find 100 copies of some overrated blockbuster in these stores but you cant find Brown Sugar. I find that kind of strange. At any rate...

The story is about Sydney(Sanaa Lathan) and Dre(Taye Diggs). Two best friends that have feelings for each other but never attempted to date each other. Sydney is a journalist and Dre is a record executive ... Read More
Rating: - I loved this movie!!!!!
Brown Sugar is one the "classics" that I watch over and over again. You have to love hip in order to truly love this dvd. The movie starts off with comentary from old skool hiphop artists and draws from their lyrics throughout the movie. Then goes on to show the difference fromn real hip hop to commercial hip hop. Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lahan are a great pair. The supporting cast (Queen Latifah, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe) are wonderful too. Very realistic in 1990's Manthattan. Makes you compare ... Read More
Rating: - "So, when did you fall in love with hip hop?"
Enjoyment of this film doesn't hinge on how much you dig hip hop music or how deep or how far back your history with hip hop goes. 2002's BROWN SUGAR works just fine as a romantic film, and it's cool if you relish it solely for that. But if you love hip hop or even if you just have a nodding acquaintance with it, then you'll get so much more from the movie. Me, I grew up in the '80s, listening to what's referred to nowadays as old school hip hop. So I can definitely get with the opening sequence, which features ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie
Once I got this movie, I never seen it and I decided to purchase a used copy and I will defintely buy again.