A string of hugely unfunny shenanigans ensue.
B.A.P.S. (1997)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:4
Rotten:26
Average Rating:3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Two southern-fried, gold-digging Georgia peaches (also known as "Black American Princesses") hit Hollywood to audition for a music video to raise cash. But they really hit the jackpot when the... Two southern-fried, gold-digging Georgia peaches (also known as "Black American Princesses") hit Hollywood to audition for a music video to raise cash. But they really hit the jackpot when the director's unctuous nephew involves them in a scam to trick his wealthy old employer into believing that one of the B.A.P.s is his long-lost love's granddaughter. [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle, Martin Landau, Robert Townsend
Starring: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle, Martin Landau, Robert Townsend, Ian Richardson, Troy Beyer, Luigi Amodeo, Jonathan Fried, A.J. Johnson, Bernie Mac, Darrell Heath, Vince Cooke, Faizon Love, Rudy Ray Moore, Darrow Igus, Debra Wilson, Robin Van Sharner, Jessica Page, Alex Thomas, Eric Poppick, Downtown Julie Brown, Heavy D, Idalis DeLeon, Howard Hewitt, LL Cool J, Leon, Dennis Rodman
Director: Robert Townsend
Director: Robert Townsend
Screenwriter: Troy Beyer
Composer: Stanley Clarke
Producer: Mark Burg, Loretha C. Jones
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Reviews for B.A.P.S.
t's a celebration of bonds that are thicker than blood and demonstrates above all that fame-and-fortune fantasies can blur divisions of race and class as persuasively as they can exaggerate them.
Formulaic and distastefully fake, Townsend's modern fairy tale unsuccessfuly tries to combine the premise of Pretty Woman with the formats of the fish-out-of-water and culture-collision.
You can see how the black, modern-day Pygmalion-type story could work, just, but not with this heap of cabbage leaves for a script, and not with such desperately goofy acting from Berry and Desselle.
Apallingly bad. Robert Townsend's attempt at satirizing black culture is far off the mark.
It's bad, real bad, with frequently excruciating dialogue, often bewildering storytelling and a denouement actually drowned out by incidental music, that makes for a painful and staggeringly inept movie.
Badly timed sight gags, weak one-liners, incessant music videos and sloppy sentiment are the order of the day. The stars throw themselves into it, but to no avail.
They both do good work, but it's Desselle who steals the film and grabs the major laughs.
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