Another strikeout, further destroying F. Scott Fitzgerald's film batting average.
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11/02/05
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G (2002)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:3
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.4/10
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... [More]
Starring: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo
Director: Christopher Scott Cherot
Reviews for G
1 - 15 (sorted by date)
Top CriticNo green light but the one mistakenly given to start production.
11/01/05
Top CriticI still thought there were enough good performances, great visuals, and an interesting examination of a lifestyle in a way that we haven’t seen a lot of times in movies for me to recommend it.
10/31/05
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10/29/05
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10/29/05
Top CriticAn unpolished but entertaining tragedy filled with outstanding performances and memorable moments.
10/28/05
Top CriticWe beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the sha-fizzle-dizzle.
10/28/05
Top Critic[A] poorly acted, directed and written (but slick-looking) vanity project.
10/28/05
Top CriticThe 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.
10/28/05
Top CriticThe 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.
10/28/05
Top CriticChristopher Scott Cherot's drama is an honorable attempt laid low by a verbose script, cheap production values, and a general tendency toward soap opera.
10/28/05
Top CriticThe 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.'
10/27/05
Top CriticThe filmmakers are going for something operatic here with their mix of love and loss, rap and race. They miss. By a lot.
10/27/05
Top CriticThe problem with G is not merely that the ending doesn't work and feels hopelessly contrived. It's also that the plot adds too many unnecessary characters and subplots, so that the main line gets misplaced.
10/27/05
Top CriticIn nimbly sidestepping the burden of textual fidelity, director Christopher Scott Cherot’s freeform Fitzgerald riff captures the novel’s sense of unrequited yearning better than any of Hollywood’s more slavishly faithful attempts.
10/27/05
Top Critic[It] would be a fascinating exercise -- both artistic and anthropological -- if one word of G were authentic, artful or even borderline believable.
09/16/05
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