Fresh
It's breezily entertaining and culturally specific without resorting to gross-out jokes or cruelty.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
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Undercover Brother
Overview
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
Director and cast
- Malcolm D. Lee Director
- Eddie Griffin as Undercover Brother
- Chris Kattan as Mr. Feather
- Denise Richards as White She Devil
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Sistah Girl
- Chi McBride as The Chief
- Neil Patrick Harris as Lance
- Dave Chappelle as Conspiracy Brother
- Gary Anthony Williams as Smart Brother
- Billy Dee Williams as Gen. Warren Boutwell
- Robert Trumbull as The Man
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Much of Undercover Brother plays as a funnier, if similarly addled, Bamboozled.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Fresh
The film works no matter which side of the racial divide you're on, because nothing unites an audience quite like making fun of everyone.
Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
Instead of packing an R-rated, politically incorrect punch, the film goes for the easy laughs without getting too raunchy or violent, and the result is mildly amusing but mostly mediocre.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Even the soundtrack selections are second- or third-hand.
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
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