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The movie follows the evolving relationship between Sidney, an attractive editor-in-chief of the hip-hop magazine XXL, and Dre, an A&R for Millennium Records who support each other professionally choose other romantic partners before realizing that they're really in love with each other.
All in all, Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that's both charming and well acted. It will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face.
The movie plays cute more than smart, but it's far from dumb -- and marks yet another baby step forward in the growing sophistication of African-American film.
October 11, 2002
Palo Alto Weekly
Fine performances from Diggs and Lathan give life to an otherwise rehashed love story, but musician Mos Def steals the show.
May 20, 2003
Seattle Times
Lathan and Diggs make an immensely likable couple, and the supporting cast strikes all the right notes.
October 11, 2002
San Francisco Chronicle
Takes every convention of the romantic comedy genre and turns it on its ear.
Hip-hop rarely comes alive as its own fire-breathing entity in this picture.
November 20, 2002
IGN Movies
Brown Sugar manages to take hip-hop's well-established history and make it digestible for audiences not necessarily tied directly into the core of that culture.