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Brown Sugar

  • 20022002
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
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6.4/10
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Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
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Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
9.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,602
3,071
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    • Director
      • Rick Famuyiwa
    • Writers
      • Michael Elliot(story)
      • Rick Famuyiwa(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Taye Diggs
      • Sanaa Lathan
      • Yasiin Bey
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rick Famuyiwa
    • Writers
      • Michael Elliot(story)
      • Rick Famuyiwa(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Taye Diggs
      • Sanaa Lathan
      • Yasiin Bey
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 61User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 18 nominations

    Videos2

    Brown Sugar
    Trailer 0:32
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    Photos27

    Sanaa Lathan and Nicole Ari Parker in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Sanaa Lathan and Boris Kodjoe in Brown Sugar (2002)
    From Left Bottom Clockwise: Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Reggi Wyns, Erik Weiner, Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan
    Queen Latifah and Yasiin Bey in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Left to Right: Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs and Director/Writer Rick Famuyiwa on the set of Brown Sugar
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan in Brown Sugar (2002)
    Queen Latifah in Brown Sugar (2002)

    Top cast

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    Taye Diggs
    Taye Diggs
    • Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
    Sanaa Lathan
    Sanaa Lathan
    • Sidney 'Syd' Shaw
    Yasiin Bey
    Yasiin Bey
    • Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon
    • (as Mos Def)
    Nicole Ari Parker
    Nicole Ari Parker
    • Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
    Boris Kodjoe
    Boris Kodjoe
    • Kelby Dawson
    Queen Latifah
    Queen Latifah
    • Francine
    Wendell Pierce
    Wendell Pierce
    • Simon
    Erik Weiner
    Erik Weiner
    • Ren
    Reg Wyns
    • Ten
    • (as Reggi Wyns)
    Melissa Martinez
    • Meghan
    Aaliyyah Hill
    • Young Sidney
    Marc John Jefferies
    Marc John Jefferies
    • Young Dre
    Venida Evans
    Venida Evans
    • Older Woman
    Breece Wilson
    • Woman
    Brette Taylor
    Brette Taylor
    • Woman 2
    Donna Duplantier
    Donna Duplantier
    • Woman 3
    Rosalyn Coleman
    Rosalyn Coleman
    • Trish Hofmann
    Robin T. Kirksey
    • Bartender 1
    • Director
      • Rick Famuyiwa
    • Writers
      • Michael Elliot(story) (screenplay)
      • Rick Famuyiwa(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe are not only married in real life, but also play love interests on Soul Food (2000).
    • Goofs
      During the scene where Sidney and Dre are walking through The Mall in Central Park, you can hear someone giving set directions.
    • Quotes

      Dre: Simplicity provides a fine line between elegance and plainness.

    • Crazy credits
      Both "De La Soul" and "Method Man" are credited in the opening credits and not in the end credits. Therefore, the IMDb ordering uses the opening credits first and fills in the rest with the end credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Red Dragon/Punch-Drunk Love/Welcomg to Collinwood/Brown Sugar (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Act Too (Love of My Life)
      Live and studio versions
      Written by Common (as Rashid Lonnie Lynn), James Poyser (as James Jason Poyser), Tariq Trotter (as Tarik L. Collins), Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard (as Leonard Hubbard), Questlove (as Ahmir Thompson)
      Performed by The Roots
      Courtesy of MCA Records
      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews61

    Review
    Top review
    I hope the movie industry continues to make african-american movies like this!
    I just loved this movie!!!! It brought back the "old-fashioned" love story. Everyone was so good in it but I thought the actor who stood out was Mos Def especially with his "Humphrey Bogart/Casablanca" analogy. It was just too funny and yet it made a lot of sense. Also his conversation with Boris Kodjoe in the kitchen was also very funny. This (to me) seems to be the first piece of film work that took hip-hop seriously and beautifully incorporated it into a love story. I was also impressed with the fact that there was no nudity and hardly no profanity.
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    • rbritton
    • Oct 18, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I Used to Love Her
    • Filming locations
      • Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
      • Evergreen Productions
      • Heller Highwater Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $27,363,891
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,738,882
      • Oct 13, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,316,451
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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