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Overview

User Rating:
4.2/10   732 votes
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Director:
Robert Townsend
Writer:
Michael Elliot (written by)
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Release Date:
8 May 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Drama more
Plot:
Carmen, a seduceful aspiring actress seems to lead trouble everywhere she goes. But when a hard-nosed cop... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
My Review of Carmen: A Hip Hopera more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mekhi Phifer ... Hill

Beyoncé Knowles ... Carmen Brown

Mos Def ... Lt. Miller

Rah Digga ... Rasheeda

Joy Bryant ... Nikki
Wyclef Jean ... Fortune Teller

Da Brat ... Narrator
Jermaine Dupri ... Pockets

Bow Wow ... Jalil (as Lil' Bow Wow)

Casey Lee ... Blaze

Reagan Gomez-Preston ... Caela

Sam Sarpong ... Nathaniel
Troy Winbush ... Sgt. Tony Porter
Fred Williamson ... Lou
Yuri Brown ... Nori
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carmen Brown (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sensuality, and drug content.
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Carmen Productions more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Blaze: Hello, I'm Blaze. But my friends call me Case...
[Carmen cuts him off]
Carmen: I know who you are. I'm Carmen.
Blaze: Nice to meet you.
Carmen: Nice to meet you.
Blaze: So what's a fine lady like you doing in Philly? Small town masquerading as a big city.
Carmen: I won't be here for long. See I have dreams... plans.
Blaze: I wanna hear about 'em.
Carmen: [sucks teeth] Pssh. No, you don't.
Blaze: No, really. I'm interested.
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Movie Connections:
Remake of Carmen Jones (1954) more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
My Review of Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 11 May 2001
1/10
Author: khat-datty from Detroit, Michigan

"Carmen: A Hip Hopera" , ranks with some of the "worst" movies ever made!!! Inadequate acting, and the waste of a talented director such as Mr. Robert Townsend. Bizet's "Carmen", and Preminger's "Carmen Jones" were excellent!!! The "third time is a charm", is not the case with "Carmen: A Hip Hopera!!!!! V.King

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