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G

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2002

1h 36m

Drama

Romance

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Summer G (Richard T. Jones), an aspiring rapper, finds himself enamored with a young woman named Sky Hightower (Chenoa Maxwell), an ambitious social climber who is wary of Summer's low-class status. Although she rejects him for Chip (Blair Underwood), who works in the lucrative world of finance, that only pushes Summer to work even harder to make himself a wealthy and important man -- someone Sky will love. However, he encounters problems from both the old money guard and from Sky herself.

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Critics Consensus

Race and class struggles come to the Hamptons in this reworking of The Great Gatsby with a hip-hop flavor. Unfortunately, too many subplots and a lack of believable characters spoil an otherwise novel concept.

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

11/02/2005

C

Another strikeout, further destroying F. Scott Fitzgerald's film batting average.

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Peter L'Official

Village Voice

11/01/2005

No green light but the one mistakenly given to start production.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

10/31/2005

I still thought there were enough good performances, great visuals, and an interesting examination of a lifestyle in a way that we haven't seen a lot of times in movies for me to recommend it.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

04/17/2009

D+

"G" is a vacuous movie set in attractive locations.

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Kam Williams

BlackNews.com

01/22/2007

3.5/4

An intricate update of The Great Gatsby exploring such themes as greed, ambition, passion, infidelity and more greed, all against the elegant backdrop of Long Island's leisure class.

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Chelsea Bain

Boston Herald

10/21/2006

1/4

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michael r

05/23/2022

The first half hour of over the top stereotypes did it for me…this movie is just terrible.

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12/10/2019

Loosely based on The Great Gatsby and fairly good.

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09/04/2012

Richard T jones and Blair Underwood are so hott!

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05/21/2011

Given that this was supposed to be based on a hip hop lifestyle in the Hamptons, it was a little lacking in bling. The leads have all done better work on other projects. A poor reworking of the Great Gatsby.

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04/27/2010

3+ star average? Who is watching this??? Blair Underwood, I am embarrassed for you.

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12/27/2009

This movie had a lot of potential but it just needed some pizzaz!

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Synopsis

Summer G (Richard T. Jones), an aspiring rapper, finds himself enamored with a young woman named Sky Hightower (Chenoa Maxwell), an ambitious social climber who is wary of Summer's low-class status. Although she rejects him for Chip (Blair Underwood), who works in the lucrative world of finance, that only pushes Summer to work even harder to make himself a wealthy and important man -- someone Sky will love. However, he encounters problems from both the old money guard and from Sky herself.

Director: Christopher Scott Cherot
Producer: Judd Landon, Andrew Lauren
Screenwriter: Christopher Scott Cherot, Charles E. Drew Jr.
Distributor: Slowhand Cinema Releasing
Production Co: Andrew Lauren Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 10, 2002, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2005
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0M
Runtime: 1h 36m

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