Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 14
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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 3
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This bittersweet romantic comedy tosses a few screwball comedics into the path to true love. Impoverished, would-be novelist Lee Plenty (Christopher Scott Cherot) lives off his pals while hoping to score big some day soon. Then wealthy, beautiful Havilland Savage (Chenoa Maxwell) invites him to Washington, D.C., for a quiet New Year's Eve party at her affluent family's home -- where Lee becomes the focus of attention from every woman on the premises. Hav's grandmother (Betty Vaughn), however,
Jun 19, 1998 Wide
Feb 5, 2002
All Critics (37) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (14) | DVD (1)
This all-black screwball comedy, about the fables and foibles of black middle-class urbanites, is well constructed, but it lacks style and polish to make it really work
Formulaic, but it has plenty to like.
Cherot's considerable charm as writer and star compensate for some rough patches.
Urban Romance: The Movie
Yikes.
Ah, love! Ah, black stereotypes! Why is it so hard to portray the black middle-class and the rich with any dignity?
Phenomenal movie about a group of friends who learn more about each other, as they spend time together.
January 13, 2008Super Reviewer
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