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Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

April 07, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Nnegest Likké

Starring :

Eric Roberts, Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Jack Noseworthy, Joyful Drake, Kendra C. Johnson, Dayo Ade, Chet Anekwe

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 5

“..looks and sounds like it was shot on a camcorder..”
by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
1 of 5

“..it's a no go..”
by Anne Gilbert [Filmcritic]
0.5 of 4

“..a slapdash female empowerment comedy that's crudely executed on every level..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
2.5 of 4

“..a rather roughed-out manifesto about the tyranny of body image, cultural aesthetics and even biology..”
by John Anderson [Newsday]
3 of 5

“..a good-natured and fairly tolerable concoction..”
by William Goss [eFilmCritic]
1.5 of 5

“..a chick flick with good intentions about self-image and body size, yet it leaves an icky aftertaste..”
by Kathy Cano Murillo [The Arizona Republic]
2.5 of 5

“..a badly made one..”
by Hanh Nguyen [The Dallas Morning News]
3 of 5
Reviewed by [The Movie Chicks]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [The Onion A.V. Club]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Robert Dominguez [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Tim Cogshell [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
Reviewed by MaryAnn Johanson [The Flick Filosopher]
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
Reviewed by Joe MacLeod [Baltimore City Paper]

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this movie is one of my favorite monique always represent for us bug girls she made realize just how special i was i love u girl ur role model

posted by lady dutches on Jun 11, 2009

this movie is one of my favorite monique always represent for us bug girls she made realize just how special i was i love u girl ur role model

posted by lady dutches on Jun 11, 2009
 
 

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