Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Halle Berry | ... | Nisi | |
| Martin Landau | ... | Mr. Donald Blakemore | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Manley | |
| Natalie Desselle Reid | ... | Mickey (as Natalie Desselle) | |
| Troy Byer | ... | Tracy Shaw (as Troy Beyer) | |
| Luigi Amodeo | ... | Antonio | |
| Jonathan Fried | ... | Isaac | |
| Pierre Edwards | ... | Ali (as Pierre) | |
| Anthony Johnson | ... | James (as A.J. Johnson) | |
| Bernie Mac | ... | Mr. Johnson | |
| Darrel Heath | ... | Terrance | |
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Vincent Cook | ... | Z.Z. |
| Faizon Love | ... | Tiger J | |
| Rudy Ray Moore | ... | Nate | |
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Darrow Igus | ... | Bartender |
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Nisi and Mickey are girlfriends who work as waitresses. To get the necessary money for opening their dream restaurant they fly to California to audition for a music video. There Nisi is asked by the nephew of Mr.Blakemore's (who is video director) to act for a week as granddaughter of Lily, Mr.Blakemores one true love, whom he lost long ago and couldn't pursue because she was his family's housekeeper. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he teaches them to be "Black American Princesses" in return. Written by Anonymous
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28 March 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$2,742,679, 30 March 1997, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$7,240,837, 30 May 1997Company Credits
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Written by Sherree Ford Payne (as Sheree Ford-Payne), Howie Tee & Alex Mosely (as Alex Spanador Mosely)
Performed by Sherree Ford Payne (as Sheree Ford-Payne)
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Natalie Desselle's first leading role, following her film debut in "Set It Off" a year earlier. See more »Goofs
In the bar scene at the beginning of the movie, the clock stands still at 9:25 for about five minutes. See more »Quotes
Mickey: My food is created to nourish the soul, okay? I haven't used pork since Thelma was on Good Times about to marry Ibe, the African prince and I said, "No, no, no, I'm waiting on my African prince to be my baby's daddy, so I stopped use pork,because I started using chicken broth, cause I couldn't be doin that! So I don't know what you talking about." See what I cook is much healthier than that *bird* stuff Alfred is cookin' for him!"See more »
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Move OnWritten by Sherree Ford Payne (as Sheree Ford-Payne), Howie Tee & Alex Mosely (as Alex Spanador Mosely)
Performed by Sherree Ford Payne (as Sheree Ford-Payne)
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B.A.P.s, stylized as B*A*P*S, is an all around excellent movie. The actors and actresses made this a surefire hit for anyone who watches it, or at least in my opinion they did, obviously not a handful of other IMDbers, for Halle Berry and Natalie Desselie are remarkable and capture their characters wonderfully giving them so much lovableness that I couldn't help but care for their charades and experiences.
It is so humorous and has great deliverance of the dialog, even if it's not the best dialog, beautiful scenario, the lighting at least in some scenes was gorgeous, and so many wonderful and unforgettable parts such as the bathroom scene, which I thought was the funniest scene in the movie, and when they're all out dancing around the end, which just makes me all warm inside because they're having such a good time without a care in the world, and that's what this movie was trying to show.
I don't believe there was really anything particularly wrong with this movie at all except that of course it is very mediocre at times. I'm tired of everyone calling it absolutely terrible, because I have come to understand that most every "black comedy" on this website is unfairly maligned. It wasn't boring and it certainly was not overrated, and this movie is an awesome and compelling film that is so wonderfully put together and has so many scenes that just make you want to smile through the whole rest of the movie, which I did, even if I was crying, and to this day, I have loved it ever since my first viewing. If you're not racist/sexist like a lot of IMDb, you can enjoy this movie, otherwise, just back off.