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B.A.P.S

1997 · 90 min

A broad, warm-hearted buddy comedy that mixes silly fish-out-of-water gags with a surprisingly tender core about kindness and belonging.

Directed by
Robert Townsend
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
These Pretty Women... Are Clueless!
Overview
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

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Directed by
Robert Townsend
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Robert Townsend
Written by
Troy Byer
Starring
Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Pierre Edwards, Anthony Johnson, Troy Byer, Luigi Amodeo
Music
Stanley Clarke
Cinematography
Bill Dill
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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