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User Rating:
3.5/10   1,506 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Queen Latifah (story) &
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Release Date:
3 September 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
This summer, get your grill on!
Plot:
When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change... more | add synopsis
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User Reviews:
Why didn't they just pull out some whips and start picking cotton? more (24 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ja Rule ... Bling Bling
Tim Meadows ... Leroy

Jenifer Lewis ... Lady Em
Quran Pender ... Todd Andersen (as Storm P)

Jonathan Silverman ... Wes

Meagan Good ... Brittany

Farrah Fawcett ... Mrs. Crowley
Ruperto Vanderpool ... Wheezer
Frankie Faison ... Jojo Andersen

Vincent Pastore ... Poo Salesman

Kevin Phillips ... Jamal Washington

Reg E. Cathey ... Frank Washington
Rita Owens ... Nettie Washington
Gerry Bamman ... Butler
Carl Wright ... Grandpa
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual references and language.
Runtime:
USA:97 min | Argentina:97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Farrah Fawcett's last movie role. more
Quotes:
Leroy: In hockey, they hit a black puck around, why can't the puck be white.
Wes: Well on ice, a white puck might be difficult to see.
Leroy: I would expect you to say that.
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References "Sex and the City" (1998) more
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Summer Madness more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Why didn't they just pull out some whips and start picking cotton?, 18 July 2006
1/10
Author: rpdramamama from United States

This movie was a disgrace. It was racist towards more than just black people. I mean, seriously, I'm black and I have never seen a black mama behave the way the character was portrayed. She was always going off at the mouth and nothing she said was believable or fully in character. I really just wanted to jump out of my seat and dropkick the screen by the time the cliché "homosexual" chefs made their "dramatic exit". But instead I settled for launching into conversation with my nearest neighbor. All of the white characters were unbelievable, the father was a disgrace, and the entire movie was just pitiful.

And I've never been to a cookout where they served chitterlings. It's too dang on hot in the summer to be eating chitterlings or collard greens. I did rather enjoy Queen Latifah though, even in a ridiculously written role she was believable and hilarious. She made it worth my while.

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