Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers (WGA):

Fax Bahr (written by) &
Adam Small (written by) ...

Release Date:

18 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Don't be hatin'

Plot:

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.

Plot Keywords:

Racial Impersonation | Drive By Shooting | Bloopers During Credits | Los Angeles California | Street Gang

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Jamie Kennedy	...	Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman
Taye Diggs	...	Sean James
Anthony Anderson	...	PJ
Regina Hall	...	Shondra
Blair Underwood	...	Tom Gibbsons
Damien Dante Wayans	...	Tec
Ryan O'Neal	...	Bill Gluckman
Bo Derek	...	Bess Gluckman
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Dr. Feldman
Kal Penn	...	Hadji Amerislani
Nick Swardson	...	Mocha
Keili Lefkovitz	...	Monster
Kellie Martin	...	Jen
Greg Grunberg	...	Brett
J.P. Manoux	...	Gary

Also Known As:

Suckaz (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual humor, language and violence.

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39830) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Uses stock footage in the beginning of the movie from Training Day (2001).

Goofs:

Continuity: B Rad is eating lunch and a can of Pepsi is poured into a glass for him. The can is put down on the table with the ingredients showing. The next shot shows the can turned around so you can read "Pepsi".

Quotes:

Rap-Battle host: It's Black History Month. You out your rabbit-ass mind?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Menace II Society (1993)

Soundtrack:

Play That Funky Music (White Boy)

Silly but Funny

MBW is one of those movies that is humorous because the characters are kinda stupid but funny. Kennedy plays the seemingly stereotypical role of "black-wannabe-gangsta-trapped-in-white-boy's-body", but i think we've seen this role in movies quite too often (actually Mitch Mullany did a better job in The Breaks). The definitely could've done a better job w/ the plot line, but I suppose they did a good job by using the equation character stupidity = loads of laughs. I think they made Kennedy's character more stupid than he deserved to be. Then again, the whole movie I think was just a big tease about how a lot of kids nowadays (whether from the 'hoods of Compton or Malibu) are trying to emulate the lifestyles/persona of real hip-hop stars. It was a silly yet funny movie, I think more of the "crack-up-laughing" kind of movie vs. lighthearted humor (like Sandler's Anger Management). So yes, don't expect a strong story but go there for the laughs. One note though, they should've made Snoop Dogg's dialogue more like the way he really talks/raps...it seemed a bit "censored" to me...perhaps they did it to make the PG-13 cut. For shizzos, my nizzos. Don't be hatin'! :)

** out of 5 for storyline ***** out of 5 for laugh factor