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Just watch this for the 1st time



.....and it's truly a hot mess! I know once I read the title it was going to feature over-the-top ridiculous repetitive Black drama, meaning, the NBA Player who makes it to the Pros; the gold-digging girlfriend; the high-side wannabe attorney who can't pass the bar examine; the weed smokin, overweight cousins; the country-fied ghetto relatives and the ghetto Baby Mama of 5.

What was surprising and heart wrenching was seeing the talents of some of Hollywoods good actors waste their time. I wonder how much they were paid and wonder if they asked themselves if it was even worth it? I suppose the exec prods felt having some big names like Glover, Fawcett, Queen would somehow reach out to crossover audiences but it makes me embarrassed that other races would view this film, thinking somehow it's a reflection on the black race. The jokes were lame. I guess Ja Rule was featured as some sort of comic relief but not only is his acting poor....he's not funny!

I wonder if Hollywood Prods think every few years releasing a minstrel-theme film such as this as a way of being Black comedy, if so, then we have nothing enlightening or positive to look for coming from Hollywood.

This film was missing Tyler Perry's Madea character. She would fit right in perfectly, but this was before her time.

Awful, embarrassing, sad, stereo-typical negative characters. I won't even allow my son to watch this horrible piece.

HATERS BEWARE!!

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