Woo (1998)

Gorgeous and extravert Woo meets insecure and straight-laced law clerk Tim at a blind date.

Director:

Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Writer:

David C. Johnson

Stars:

Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Duane Martin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Woo
Tommy Davidson	...	Tim
Duane Martin	...	Frankie
Michael Ralph	...	Romaine
Darrel Heath	...	Hop
Dave Chappelle	...	Lenny
Paula Jai Parker	...	Claudette
LL Cool J	...	Darryl
Aida Turturro	...	Tookie
Lance Slaughter	...	Lamar
Dartanyan Edmonds	...	Shakim
Foxy Brown	...	Fiancée
Sam Moses	...	Cabbie
Tiffany Hall	...	Denise
Girlina	...	Celestrial

Storyline

Darlene "Woo" Bates, played by Jada Pinkett Smith, has been dumped a little bit too many times, now this femme-fatale doesn't let just any man swing with her, and when she's set up on a blind-date with Tommy Davidson's character, it could be love.. if they don't kill each other first. "Woo" features cameos by Foxy Brown, LL Cool J, and Duane Martin.

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Plot Keywords:

blind date | love | law clerk | buddy | matchmaking | 

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Taglines:

It's Woo's world.. we're just living in it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Appuntamento a Brooklyn

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,517,263 (USA) (8 May 1998)

Gross:

$8,026,971 (USA) (14 August 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gotham Entertainment Group, New Deal Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rapper 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) was supposed to be in this movie, but was shot five days before principal photography began.

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Goofs

The bubbles in Woo's glass of wine.

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Connections

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Do You Know Where You're Going To?"
(Theme from Mahogany)
Written by Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser

User Reviews

Didn't 'woo' me at all

I should have known that this film wasn't going to be any good; the director made another film by the name of 'The Guru' which has the 'honour' of being the only film that I've ever rated lower than 4/10(!) The thing is with this film is that most of the time, you're laughing at it, instead of with it. Some typical examples of this are occurrences when the main character's friends, or indeed, any characters for that matter, talk in the way that they do. You'll instantly recognise the style; the typical 'gangster' accent which is actually more amusing than a lot of the jokes. Given the fact this film is made up of an entirely black cast, this method of delivering the dialogue is constant throughout and is, in my opinion, very annoying after a while. It's not 'Chris Tucker' annoying but it grates in its own way.

This film's setting takes a bit of a 'road movie' approach as it never lingers for too long in a certain place or setting, or at least that's how these single route journey's in film SHOULD take place. In 'Woo', the place of no return they set off from (the guy's apartment) right the way through to the final scene is crammed with ridiculous scenes in pretty generic settings and the frustrating thing is, is that they last for far too long and are far too unfunny to be appearing in a film which is listed under the comedy genre.

Incidences here include the farce that happens in an Italian restaurant, a rather pointless and unfunny scene in the next setting: a secret underground club which has the ability to hide its loud music RIGHT until you get up close and open the final door and also in a police station during which I can't even remember one joke. Other frustrating things include the use of slapstick early on and a rather irrelevant scene involving LL Cool J, whom the protagonist goes to visit for advice on: wait for it…..music(!) I think LL Cool J appears rather early/high up in the pre film credits yet lasts for about four minutes. Yes, it's ridiculous.

Romance? Yes. Drama? Probably. Comedy? Erm: No Chance. One moment in this film made me laugh and that was when a character went to switch off his car alarm, only to find the car gone and the alarm lying there, still in perfect working order. That's not enough, I'm afraid.