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- 2005
- R
- "g" Productions LLC
- 1 h 37 m
- 2005
- R
- "g" Productions LLC
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Great Gatsby." (Andrew Lauren Productions)
Directed By: Christopher Scott Cherot
- 2005
- R
- "g" Productions LLC
- 1 h 37 m
- 2005
- R
- "g" Productions LLC
- 1 h 37 m
G
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4.4
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Summary Set amidst the grandeur of the ultra elite Hamptons, G is a contemporary African-American romance inspired by the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Great Gatsby." (Andrew Lauren Productions)
Directed By: Christopher Scott Cherot
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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12% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
65% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
24% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
42
12% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
65% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
24% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Cherot (who also co-wrote the script with Charles E. Drew Jr.) has made that rare hip-hop movie that doesn't fetishize lurid ghetto clichés.
"The Great Gatsby" was famously bungled in the pulseless 1974 movie with Robert Redford. G, which updates the story with an African-American cast, is another strikeout, further destroying F. Scott Fitzgerald's film batting average.
If the movie's not as bad as it sounds, it's not all that great, either.
Unable to embrace the world he's seeking to depict, Cherot is left with a lifeless shell, a movie so preoccupied with being noble that it forgets to be interesting. The problem with G is not that it's unbelievable, it's just boring.
For a film about shimmering surfaces and the glittering allure of the superficial, G boasts a depressingly flat, undistinguished visual style, and whenever Bill Conti's score reaches for rarified, elegant romance, it instead suggests the dewy earnestness of a feminine hygiene commercial.
It's an ugly affair overall, but at least you can say you've never seen such beautiful shirts.
This poorly acted, directed and written (but slick-looking) vanity project was produced by Andrew Lauren (Ralph's son also ineptly plays G's major-domo) and shot at least four years ago.
User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
4.4
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
4.4
29% Positive
2 Ratings
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43% Mixed
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29% Negative
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Awards
Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CineVegas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination
