Formulaic and distastefully fake, Townsend's modern fairy tale unsuccessfuly tries to combine the premise of Pretty Woman with the formats of the fish-out-of-water and culture-collision.
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04/26/06
B.A.P.S. (1997)
5 %
Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 1 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 2.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: Two southern-fried, gold-digging Georgia peaches (also known as "Black American Princesses") hit Hollywood to audition for a music video to raise cash. But they really hit the jackpot when the director's unctuous nephew involves them in a scam to trick his wealthy old employer into... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle, Martin Landau, Robert Townsend, Ian Richardson
Director: Robert Townsend
Screenwriter: Troy Beyer
Composer: Stanley Clarke
Producer: Mark Burg, Loretha C. Jones
Screenwriter: Troy Beyer
Composer: Stanley Clarke
Producer: Mark Burg, Loretha C. Jones
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Apallingly bad. Robert Townsend's attempt at satirizing black culture is far off the mark.
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