While it’s no great work of cinema, this movie about serious racial issues is a lot funnier than you might expect.
Fakin' Da Funk (1998)
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Reviews Counted:2
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Rotten:0
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Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A switch at the adoption agency brings a Chinese baby to an African-American home, where the baby is accepted and brought up accordingly. When the family relocates to South Central L.A., people... A switch at the adoption agency brings a Chinese baby to an African-American home, where the baby is accepted and brought up accordingly. When the family relocates to South Central L.A., people see the child as a "wannabe black kid" and he is forced to think about what his true identity is. [More]
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, Dante Basco
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, Dante Basco, John Witherspoon, Tone Loc
Reviews for Fakin' Da Funk
Chey shows a keen ear for black English, a well-honed comic imagination, and an upbeat humanism; Zoltan David’s camera work is outstanding, especially the bravura Steadicam opening shot.
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