This is so nice comedy. Few times when I watch a movie and feel so good about it to the extent that I wish, while watching, that it keeps itself the way it is till the end. This time this high feel it gives kept present but maybe not to the very end.I wasn't satisfied with the climax at the court; being very short, unconvincing, and not that hilarious. In fact the third act of the movie was nothing but recycling all the possible uses of "in the butt" as a song, a joke, whatever.. endlessly! But. There are so many good points in here. (Damon Wayans) looks great as Dr. S, parodying so many pop icons (did you notice the voice of Snoop Dogg ?). (Lisa Kudrow), the real comic talent out of Friends' cast, is nearly playing her character from that TV show, but it worked finely. Unlike many blind reviews, there was some chemistry between the 2 leads, I hated every scene that didn't have them both. The rest of the characters were so funny, cartoonish and satiric (the 3 girl friends, the Boys R Us boy band, the jail's rap producers, the Latino young Diva,..).And when it comes to the songs then we're talking about the most brilliant element. The song's lyrics were extremely smart, enjoyable and will live long indeed. This could've been so memorable musical. Or maybe it is yet in spoofing sort of way. (The Power in Purse) or the 2 different versions of the Boys R Us' song,..etc. I don't run into this bright spirit much. The dialog wasn't less good. The droll lines are many (..It was his birthday !!). Plus, there is a scene where Dr. S asks his love about something she doesn't tell to anybody as secret she'd expose to the dearest one, like her weight, and when she refuses he convinces her that she can tell him only because one clear reason: he's the one who doesn't care. This is a very delicate dialog people. Rarely when we hear anything like it in any comic movie, or rather a movie, nowadays!What I really love about this movie is its way of dealing with its subject. It exploits the modern pop scene to produce laughs. And its cleverness wasn't in the way of producing laughs out of it inasmuch as being neutral. It'll find viewers who love the "butt" thing, and others who hate it, and you know what ? It is capable of satisfying both! It wouldn't analyze why the rap songs are so lewd and violent, or is it the white foundation, or the black one, that wants and invests that, because it just lampoons everybody.I don't know about being in the IMDb's 100 bottom movies ?!!!! It's shameful, and I do mean the IMDb's reviewers and their taste ! Maybe it's a war between companies and they hired hundreds of people to curse it everywhere!! It sure doesn't hit high as (It's Mad Mad Mad World), or hit lower like (Dude, Where's My Car). It's something in between. Well, something good as a light romantic comedy, with a lot to show as well about a culture that loves to be in the butt of all things. However that doesn't apply to the movie itself! Finally, I don't know at all how in god's name the producers wanted (Chris Rock) in the role of (Dr. S) ??!! He's totally unfunny and so unsexy (so how to handle a scene where he dazzles the women only by his sexual charisma ?!). Aside from that, this unbearable comedian said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly "It's the worst script I've ever gotten... I'd have been happier getting an envelope full of anthrax." ..Well, I'd have been happier myself!

I was looking on the business tab and it was weird. This film cost $20-million?Where did the money go? Was it for the crack that the writers smoked when putting this script together? That makes sense... given Chris Rock saying that he would just have soon had received an envelope full of crack than this script (on the fun facts tab).Looking at the business, it seems the film made under $5-million. That means it lost $15-million. Yikes! From the entertainment perspective, it took a lot of suspension of disbelief and ignoring blatant stereotypes and lapses in logic in order to try and extract the few drops of humor out of this film.

Sorry Phoebe, please stick to friends! The plot is very unlikely, and even with the widest stretch of my imagination I couldn't picture the culture gap jump that the leading character makes. Rap music needs a particular type of character to pull it off successfully. Delivering music of the street credibly, needs someone who has spent some time there. Parachuting in a JAP just didn't cut it for me. The rapper character was just a nasty misogynistic piece of work, and that the plot has these two people becoming romantically involved had me scratching my head! Absolutely no merit in this film that I could see, must do better.

I was trying to decide on whether I should rent this movie or not. Usually you'll see a few bad reviews from people who were not part of the target demo for the movie. But the number of bad reviews and the degree of anger from some of the reviewers suggest that maybe I should save myself my two hours? Here's what I can't understand. How did Scott Rudin allow this movie to be made. Did he think the demos in the U.S. had suddenly shifted so that 40% of the U.S. population were either JAPs or parents of one. And the treatment of the "hip-hop" crowd is offensive, and I didn't even see the movie.In this day and age of market research testing prior to launch, you gotta wonder how did this ever see the light of day? Rudin should clean house after this $20 million bomb.