
A teenage girl is home alone and asks her boyfriend to accompany her for the night. It all starts as an innocent conversation about each other's body to touching, and then, a more revealing game. The girl tempts him to play a strip game.... (Full plot summary below)
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A teenage girl is home alone and asks her boyfriend to accompany her for the night. It all starts as an innocent conversation about each other's body to touching, and then, a more revealing game. The girl tempts him to play a strip game.
Leave your thoughts about Brown Sugar.
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs a love-jones soap opera, Brown Sugar feeds right into Dre's nostalgic crankiness. |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonPeople are unlikely to leave Brown Sugar with the words 'original' or 'surprising' on their lips, but they are likely to leave with a good-sized smile. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhat Brown Sugar lacks in originality, it makes up for in charm. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderBrown Sugar signals director Rick Famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate, grown-up voice in African-American cinema. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonDespite crisp photography and the director's gift for building a scene, the film doesn't click until the third act, when Mos Def's performance as Dre's protégé appears to energize everyone around him. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorThe new black movies make those of us sitting in the theater watching feel as if we actually count for something. That good feeling can carry you through this movie's silly and dull patches. |
| CitysearchBill PearisStereotypes are eschewed in favor of well-drawn characters, and the hip-hop backdrop is integral to the story rather than a marketing scheme to sell the soundtrack. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldLathan and Diggs make an immensely likable couple, and the supporting cast strikes all the right notes. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanBrown Sugar takes an old tale and tells it in a fresh, modern way. The music's pretty good, too. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThe spirit of the old school echoes strongly throughout the film and parallels the purity of the passions and personalities of the paramours. |