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NUMBERS
Box Office: $38,230,435
VHS Rentals: $2,300,000
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CONSENSUS
Fast-paced and filled with racial gags, Undercover Brother serves up plenty of laughs and sharp satire.
CAST & CREW
Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
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SYNOPSIS
Malcolm D. Lee's UNDERCOVER BROTHER is a rollicking spoof that earns the distinction of being the first studio film to find its inspiration in a character created specifically for the Internet. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, language, sexual humor, drug content, and campy violence
RUNTIME
87 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 31, 2002
Video: Jan 14, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Universal Pictures
GENRE
Comedies, Spies, Spoof, 1970s, African Americans
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Undercover Brother Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
POSTERS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Undercover Brother doesn't go far enough. It's just a silly black genre spoof."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
 "Not only is Undercover Brother as funny, if not more so, than both Austin Powers films, but it’s also one of the smarter, savvier spoofs to come along in some time."
-- Ethan Alter, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Quick pace, no lulls, many silly bits and a soundtrack that knows how to back this kind of satirical comedy"
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Griffin & Co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"The enjoyable Undercover Brother, a zany mix of Saturday Night Live-style parody, '70s Blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy gone wild, dishes out a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy."
-- Peter Bernard, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"Beating the Austin Powers films at their own game, this blaxploitation spoof downplays the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness as opposed to the extent of their outrageousness."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
"UB equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of 'black culture' and the dorkier aspects of 'white culture,' even as it points out how inseparable the two are."
-- Catherine Cantieri, HOLECITY.COM
"Manages in two minutes what Malcolm Lee's cousin Spike's Bamboozled couldn't in over two hours."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"...a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs – sometimes a chuckle, sometimes a guffaw and, to my great pleasure, the occasional belly laugh."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The lousy lead performances... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"We want the funk - and this movie's got it."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"The movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
"[Austin] Powers (coming again July 26) now has competition in pure silliness."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
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"From the opening strains of the Average White Band's "Pick up the Pieces", you can feel the love."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"Nothing is sacred in this gut-buster."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"An affectionately goofy satire that's unafraid to throw elbows when necessary..."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"Like any one of a number of Saturday Night Live movies, Undercover Brother is fifteen funny minutes of material stretched thin over two hours."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"I know we're not supposed to take it seriously, but I can't shake the thought that Undercover Brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
"Obvious, obnoxious and didactic burlesque."
-- Tim Cogshell, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"A "black Austin Powers?" I prefer to think of it as "Pootie Tang with a budget." Sa da TAY!"
-- Criminy Pete, CRIMINYPETE.COM
"Little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"While Undercover Brother is definitely one for the masses, it's also full of sharp, smart satire."
-- Matt Easterbrook, MATT'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"The success of Undercover Brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally."
-- Michael Elliott, MOVIE PARABLES
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FRESH 74%
Avg. Rating: 6.3/10 |
"A live-action version that's as funny and savvy as the original, even if one leaves the theatre exhausted by its barrage of pop-culture references, and perhaps disappointed by its softness as satire."
-- Jason Anderson, GLOBE AND MAIL
"There are laughs aplenty, and, as a bonus, viewers don't have to worry about being subjected to farts, urine, feces, semen, or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"A surprisingly 'solid' achievement by director Malcolm D. Lee and writer John Ridley."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"Traffics in the kind of prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill."
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE
"Every broad stereotype and discomfiting joke carries the sting of truth."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"The smartest bonehead comedy of the summer."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
"There's not enough to sustain the comedy."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"It's about keeping it funny, and on that score Undercover Brother is right on."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR
"Led by Griffin's smartly nuanced performance and enthusiasm, the cast has a lot of fun with the material."
-- David Hunter, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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"Everytime you think Undercover Brother has run out of steam, it finds a new way to surprise and amuse."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
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