"G" is a vacuous movie set in attractive locations.
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04/17/09
G (2002)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:7
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Race and class struggles come to the Hamptons in this reworking of The Great Gatsby with a hip-hop flavor. Unfortunately, too many subplots and a lack of believable characters spoil an otherwise novel concept.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $2,964,475
Synopsis: G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story The Great Gatsby. Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G follows self-made... [More]
Starring: Richard T. Jones, Blair Underwood, Chenoa Maxwell, Andre Royo
Director: Christopher Scott Cherot
Reviews for G
The F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby, adapted as a modern-day morality play in blackface. This fairly-faithful version explores the same themes as its source material, only with a hip-hop spin.
04/04/07
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05/12/06
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12/06/05
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12/06/05
Reworking the story with a hip-hop record mogul at its center comes across as little more than a stunt. And not a very good stunt.
11/02/05
Another strikeout, further destroying F. Scott Fitzgerald's film batting average.
11/02/05
No green light but the one mistakenly given to start production.
11/01/05
I still thought there were enough good performances, great visuals, and an interesting examination of a lifestyle in a way that we haven’t seen a lot of times in movies for me to recommend it.
10/31/05
Top CriticG often resembles a glossy BET soap opera...Cherot does capture the decadence of its slick “playas” in the extravagant world of bling-worshipping music moguls
10/29/05
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10/29/05
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10/29/05
An unpolished but entertaining tragedy filled with outstanding performances and memorable moments.
10/28/05
You should never make a movie about boundless, conspicuous wealth on an indie budget.
10/28/05
We beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the sha-fizzle-dizzle.
10/28/05
[A] poorly acted, directed and written (but slick-looking) vanity project.
10/28/05
Bottom line: It works even if you’ve never heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald. But it’s twice as much fun if you have.
10/28/05
The women are shrewishly materialistic, the men are manipulative or violent and the Polo wardrobes look fabulous on everyone. It's an ugly affair overall, but at least you can say you've never seen such beautiful shirts.
10/28/05
The book was about class and the American dream. The movie is too, though it's most interested in the soap opera machinations of the plot.
10/28/05
Everyone in this movie is getting it on with someone else behind their lover's back, but only the women have to end up suffering for it. Nice, right?
10/28/05
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