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G (2002)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:7

Rotten:20

Average Rating:4.6/10

Consensus: Race and class struggles come to the Hamptons in this reworking of The Great Gatsby with a hip-hop flavor. Unfortunately, too many subplots and a lack of believable characters spoil an otherwise novel concept.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 16, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $2,964,475

Synopsis: G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story The Great Gatsby. Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G follows self-made... G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story The Great Gatsby. Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G follows self-made millionaire and rap mogul Summer G (Richard T. Jones) on a journey to regain what he desires most – the love of his life (Chenoa Maxwell), now married to a wealthy and philandering Wallstreeter (Blair Underwood). Having built his thriving empire from the ground up, Summer G would relinquish it all for the promise of rekindling a romance with his one true love. Urban music writer, Tre, (Andre Royo) spends the summer chronicling the lifestyle of this complex rap mogul for an article on the rise of African-American prominence linked to Hip Hop in the Hamptons. Without malice or intent, this writer brings these lovers together while simultaneously pulling their worlds apart. [More]

Starring: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo

Starring: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo, Laz Alonso, Sonja Sohn, Damian Young

Director: Christopher Scott Cherot

Director: Christopher Scott Cherot

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Everyone in this movie is getting it on with someone else behind their lover's back, but only the women have to end up suffering for it. Nice, right?

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10/28/05
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10/29/05
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12/06/05
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The filmmakers are going for something operatic here with their mix of love and loss, rap and race. They miss. By a lot.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
10/27/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

[It] would be a fascinating exercise -- both artistic and anthropological -- if one word of G were authentic, artful or even borderline believable.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/16/05
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

"G" is a vacuous movie set in attractive locations.

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04/17/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The women are shrewishly materialistic, the men are manipulative or violent and the Polo wardrobes look fabulous on everyone. It's an ugly affair overall, but at least you can say you've never seen such beautiful shirts.

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10/28/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

G often resembles a glossy BET soap opera...Cherot does capture the decadence of its slick “playas” in the extravagant world of bling-worshipping music moguls

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
10/29/05
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Another strikeout, further destroying F. Scott Fitzgerald's film batting average.

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11/02/05
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly

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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

The producers may be right to bemoan Hollywood's myopia; but it's the movie's execution, not its vision of an alternative African-American cinema, that delayed its release.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
09/16/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The book was about class and the American dream. The movie is too, though it's most interested in the soap opera machinations of the plot.

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10/28/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

The F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby, adapted as a modern-day morality play in blackface. This fairly-faithful version explores the same themes as its source material, only with a hip-hop spin.

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04/04/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
AALBC.com

Reworking the story with a hip-hop record mogul at its center comes across as little more than a stunt. And not a very good stunt.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
11/02/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The decadent world of Hamptonite hip-hop moguls is a fitting backdrop for this somewhat faithful but not very graceful retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Great Gatsby.'

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10/27/05
Laura Kern
Laura Kern
New York Times

[A] poorly acted, directed and written (but slick-looking) vanity project.

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10/28/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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props for being more ambitious than the average contemporary black romantic drama.

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10/27/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Fails both as an update of F. Scott Fitzgerald's dissection of American aspirations and class barriers and on its own boorish terms.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/27/05
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