Two clueless homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers, but instead find themselves scamming a dying millionaire to eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
It's good for a half-hour of humor before the fun starts to dissolve.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Paying movie-goers deserve more, especially from someone who has previously shown signs of genuine comic aptitude.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Formulaic and distastefully fake, Townsend's modern fairy tale unsuccessfuly tries to combine the premise of Pretty Woman with the formats of the fish-out-of-water and culture-collision.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
26 Apr 2006
fresh:
t's a celebration of bonds that are thicker than blood and demonstrates above all that fame-and-fortune fantasies can blur divisions of race and class as persuasively as they can exaggerate them.