Bébé's Kids (1992)

Director:

Bruce W. Smith

Writers:

Robin Harris (characters)
Reginald Hudlin (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Musical | Fantasy

Tagline:

They'll get along great....if they don't kill him first.

Plot:

To impress his new girlfriend, a man agrees to look after her friend's kids, only to find that they are uncontrollably rambunctious.

Plot Keywords:

Titanic | Children | Funeral | Ghetto | Roller Coaster

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Faizon Love	...	Robin Harris (voice)
Vanessa Bell Calloway	...	Jamika (voice)
Wayne Collins Jr.	...	Leon (voice)
Jonell Green	...	LaShawn (voice)
Marques Houston	...	Kahill (voice)
Tone Loc	...	Pee Wee (voice)
Myra J.	...	Dorothea (voice)
Nell Carter	...	Vivian (voice)
John Witherspoon	...	Card Player #1 (voice)
Chino 'Fats' Williams	...	Card Player #2 (voice)
Rodney Winfield	...	Card Player #3 (voice)
George Wallace	...	Card Player #4 (voice)
Brad Sanders	...	Bartender (voice)
Reynaldo Rey	...	Lush (voice)
Bebe Drake	...	Barfly (voice) (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Also Known As:

Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids (video title)

Runtime:

70 min | USA:72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L

Company:

Hyperion Pictures

Trivia:

Robin's license plate as the parking lot cop approaches Robin, includes the letters BWS. Those letters stand for Bruce W. Smith, the director of this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the courtroom scene, you see Khalil with the electrocution contraption on his head, but during the song you see it off and then on again between shots until you see him taking it off for good.

Quotes:

Robin Harris: Excuse me, Miss. I didn't catch your name.
Jamika: I didn't throw it.

Movie Connections:

References Shaft (1971)

The Kids That About Drove Everyone Crazy.

African-American comedian Robin Harris had a comedy routine about crazed youngsters only known as "Bebe's Kids". In spite of his death his idea developed into this ho-hum animated feature. Harris (in cartoon form and voiced by another actor) meets a beautiful woman at a mutual friend's funeral. Immediately they start to click, but trouble looms when the woman is supposed to watch a friend's children (the titled characters). Thus the group goes to a theme park and all hell breaks loose as the youngsters seem to be little more than hoods that unwittingly try to control everything everywhere they go. Starts out pretty well, but wears out its welcome as it progresses. The novelty disappears pretty quick and we are left with a silly and tiring cartoon. 2.5 out of 5 stars.