Brown Sugar

This conventional romantic comedy asks "When did you fall in love with hip-hop?" as insistently as music journalist Sidney (Sanaa Lathan), who puts this question to everyone she interviews. Sidney herself can pinpoint the exact moment she fell: It was the day in 1984 when she met her best friend Dre, and they discovered a group of teens freestyle-rapping at the playground together. Now Dre (Taye Diggs) is a big-shot record executive, more interested in making money than producing quality music. And Sidney has just left Los Angeles and moved back home to New York, armed with a book deal and a high-profile magazine gig. The two share a happy reunion at an industry part...