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Undercover Brother

  • 20022002
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
35K
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Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
  • Action
  • Comedy
When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue.When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue.When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
35K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Malcolm D. Lee
  • Writers
    • John Ridley(internet series)
    • Michael McCullers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Griffin
    • Denise Richards
    • Aunjanue Ellis
Top credits
  • Director
    • Malcolm D. Lee
  • Writers
    • John Ridley(internet series)
    • Michael McCullers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eddie Griffin
    • Denise Richards
    • Aunjanue Ellis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 197User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 7 nominations

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    Aunjanue Ellis and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Denise Richards and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Eddie Griffin and Chris Kattan in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Denise Richards and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Neil Patrick Harris, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, Eddie Griffin, and Chi McBride in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Aunjanue Ellis in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Neil Patrick Harris in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Neil Patrick Harris, Dave Chappelle, Aunjanue Ellis, and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Dave Chappelle in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Chris Kattan in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Denise Richards in Undercover Brother (2002)

    Top cast

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    Eddie Griffin
    Eddie Griffin
    • Undercover Brotheras Undercover Brother…
    Denise Richards
    Denise Richards
    • White She Devilas White She Devil
    Aunjanue Ellis
    Aunjanue Ellis
    • Sistah Girlas Sistah Girl
    Chris Kattan
    Chris Kattan
    • Mr. Featheras Mr. Feather
    Dave Chappelle
    Dave Chappelle
    • Conspiracy Brotheras Conspiracy Brother
    Chi McBride
    Chi McBride
    • The Chiefas The Chief
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • Lanceas Lance
    Gary Anthony Williams
    Gary Anthony Williams
    • Smart Brotheras Smart Brother
    Billy Dee Williams
    Billy Dee Williams
    • Gen. Warren Boutwellas Gen. Warren Boutwell
    Jack Noseworthy
    Jack Noseworthy
    • Mr. Eliasas Mr. Elias
    Robert Trumbull
    • The Manas The Man
    J.D. Hall
    J.D. Hall
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (voice)
    William S. Taylor
    William S. Taylor
    • Roscoe the Barberas Roscoe the Barber
    • (as William Taylor)
    Shauna MacDonald
    Shauna MacDonald
    • Wendy Marshall - TV Anchoras Wendy Marshall - TV Anchor
    Ron Pardo
    Ron Pardo
    • Chuckas Chuck
    Susie Spear Purcell
    • Bonnie - TV Reporteras Bonnie - TV Reporter
    • (as Susie Spear)
    Jim O'Connor
    • Chad - TV Anchoras Chad - TV Anchor
    Dave Pearce
    • Reporteras Reporter
    • Director
      • Malcolm D. Lee
    • Writers
      • John Ridley(internet series) (story) (screenplay)
      • Michael McCullers(screenplay)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Denise Richards claims that her derriere was digitally enlarged for the film's cover and promotional material.
    • Goofs
      When Lance asks Undercover brother about the show Friends (1994), he asks what Ross saw of Julie's in the third season. This happened in the second season, Julie was not on Friends in the third season. He also calls her Julia instead of Julie.
    • Quotes

      Sistah Girl: Undercover Brother, Conspiracy Brother

      Conspiracy Brother: Hey, how ya doin.

      Undercover Brother: Good mornin!

      Conspiracy Brother: Good morning? Get on the desk, spy in the building! Spy...

      Undercover Brother: Don't touch the fro!

      Conspiracy Brother: Back up off me man!

      Undercover Brother: Back up off me!

      Conspiracy Brother: Let me tell you something about the word "good," brotha. Good is an ancient anglo-saxon word, go-od, meanin the absence of color. I.E. it's all good, which it is, OR Good Will Huntin', meanin, "I'm Huntin' Niggas!" So when you say good morning, what your telling me is "I'm gonna kill yo black ass, first thing in the mornin'!"

    • Crazy credits
      Early in the credits, Undercover Brother gets his convertible washed at the car wash with the top down.
    • Alternate versions
      For the UK DVD release Universal chose to cut 14 sec. from the outtakes (two uses of very strong language) to keep the "12" rating. An uncut "15" was available.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood/Ivans XTC/Undercover Brother/Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner/Bad Company (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Pick Up The Pieces
      Written by Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball, Onnie McIntyre, Hamish Stuart, Malcolm Duncan and Robbie McIntosh

      Performed by Average White Band

      Courtesy of Average White Band and Joe's Songs, Inc.

      By Arrangement with Bug

      And courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews197

    Review
    Top review
    Hilarious but not for the easily offended
    If you find 'Family Guy', 'Married ... with Children' or even 'The Simpsons' to be in bad taste, you may want to avoid this movie. If you found 'Good Times' and 'What's Happening!' to be stereotypical and buffoonish, you probably won't like this movie.

    If you are still reading ...

    According to this movie, African Americans have made numerous advances as a result of the Civil Rights movement. But a powerful Caucasian male known as 'The Man', whose face we never see, wants to put black people back in their place.

    Which is why the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. must stop him.

    If there was such a person as 'The Man', he could have written this movie.

    Eddie Griffin did quite a good job in what were essentially two roles. Most of the time, he had the giant afro and the cool clothes and the classic Cadillac pumping out funky 70s music as he represented everything good (or bad, depending on your view) about the 'blaxploitiation' genre. And he worked undercover as Anton Jackson wearing a suit and acting more white than I do. A very good contrast, showing a lot of acting skill.

    Billy Dee Williams nailed the potential presidential candidate obviously based on Colin Powell, who was acting very strange for some reason. Not quite stereotypical, because he was always dignified--but shouldn't have been. His advertising campaign was hilarious!

    Denise Richards and Aunjanue Ellis also gave good performances as the two female partners of Undercover Brother--one when he was black, and one when he was undercover.

    Chi McBride and Gary Anthony Williams were very funny as two of Undercover Brother's associates. And Dave Chappelle was very stereotypical, very racist, but very funny--it was just satire, after all. Neil Patrick Harris did quite a good job as the organization's token white. And let's not forget the one associate of 'The Man' who seemed to want to be black and even acted black at times. That must have been Chris Kattan.

    With all these talented actors, there were of course very clever writers to make the material so hilarious. It takes real talent to produce satire as opposed to just being mean-spirited.

    The music was good too, for this type of movie. I personally would like to have heard Jay-Z do Lawrence Welk. Or maybe not. Today's artists don't often sound as good as, say, Rod Stewart. I'm not hopeless, though. I can't stand Michael Bolton or Celine Dion or, even though he wasn't mentioned but could have been, Kenny G. For some reason I do like 'Jungle Boogie' by Kool and the Gang.

    I highly recommend this movie for fans of satire.
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    • vchimpanzee
    • Jul 21, 2005

    FAQ1

    • Why does the trivia for this movie say White She devil refers to Undercover Brother as "cute in a Theo Huxtable kind of way?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Anh Trai Nằm Vùng
    • Filming locations
      • R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Urban Media
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,089,928
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,037,685
      • Jun 2, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,604,473
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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