- Studio: Artisan Entertainment
- Release Date: Aug 17, 2001
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- Summary: Set in the melting pot of Brooklyn, New York, worlds collide, cultures clash, and sparks fly in this music-driven love story between a charismatic Rasta rapper and a young Jewish beauty. (Off Line Entertainment)
- Director: Marc Levin
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Music
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40Only Sol and Sara even approach being real characters; the supporting players, Black and Jewish alike, are shrill stereotypes.
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38The acting is, at best, serviceable; the sound track is too often unintelligible; the direction is often over the top; and the script relies heavily on stereotypes.
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30The film dissolves into a series of diminishing anticlimaxes, ending on a note of portentous ambiguity. To the last, Mr. Levin maintains his uneasy balance of reportage and melodrama.
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