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Loving Jezebel

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Loving Jezebel (2000)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:9

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: The script is cliched and badly written. The female characters aren't believable, and the movie is not funny.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Writer-director Kwyn Bader's debut feature is an extremely likeable romantic comedy that features a star-making performance from Hill Harper. Harper plays Theodorus Melville, a mixed-race suburban... Writer-director Kwyn Bader's debut feature is an extremely likeable romantic comedy that features a star-making performance from Hill Harper. Harper plays Theodorus Melville, a mixed-race suburban youth who discovers at an early age that he has a penchant for falling in love with the wrong girls--most often, his friends' girlfriends. Barely surviving college, where he slept with the girlfriend of the football team's star running back, Theodorus eventually settles in New York City with his best friend, whose gorgeous Trinidadian girlfriend, Mona (Sandrine Holt), can't hide her attraction for him. Meanwhile, Theodorus is in the midst of a passionate affair with Frances (Nicole Ari Parker), a firecracker of an actress whose mental stability is questionable. Working as a waiter in a coffee shop, Theodorus befriends the bumbling Samantha (Laurel Holloman), a sweet-natured woman who is married to Gabe (David Moscow), a walking time bomb. By the time that Theodorus has an epiphany which enables him to fully give in and choose his truest love, his philandering ways threaten to catch up with him once and for all. [More]

Starring: Hill Harper, Andre B. Blake, Elisa Donovan, Larry Gilliard

Starring: Hill Harper, Andre B. Blake, Elisa Donovan, Larry Gilliard, Laurel Holloman, Sandrine Holt, David Moscow, Nicole Parker, Phylicia Rashad

Director: Kwyn Bader

Director: Kwyn Bader
Screenwriter: Kwyn Bader
Producer: David Lancaster
Composer: Tony Prendatt

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Jan 22, 2002

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
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Emanuel Levy
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05/13/03
Wilson Morales
Wilson Morales
BlackFilm.com

A lighthearted and frothy romantic comedy; a fun and amusing diversion, but little more.

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12/08/02
Merle Bertrand
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04/10/01
Janet Branagan
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Leaves the audience...with a somewhat empty feeling when all is said and done.

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A few mildly amusing moments, but they can't compensate for the annoying obtuseness of the rest.

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Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

A movie that likes movies.

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01/01/00
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

Somehow manages to squander both an appealing cast and an inviting Manhattan setting.

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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It's hard to dislike a romantic comedy that's infatuated with the concept of love.

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Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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[Bader] needs encouragement. And bears watching.

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Gene Seymour
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Newsday
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Sometimes entertaining, but is as a package a bit innocuous and lightweight.

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Greg Dean Schmitz
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A surprisingly refreshing comedy.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Director and writer Kwyn Bader, making his big-screen debut, crafts an appealing story despite falling into the pitfalls often associated with a first-time director.

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01/01/00
J. Robert Parks
J. Robert Parks
Phantom Tollbooth

An oafish wish-fulfillment wankfest.

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Jessica Winter
Jessica Winter
Village Voice
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Captures the embarrassment of foreplay, but it could use a few lessons in the art of seduction.

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Kevin Maynard
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A beguiling flow and grace to [a]strenuously inconsequential script.

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Kevin Thomas
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Los Angeles Times
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A slight, unpleasant romantic comedy.

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Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Kwyn Bader’s debut feature is run-of-the-mill sitcom-y in its pedestrian writing and uninspired direction.

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