B*A*P*S
- Halle Berry: Nisi
- Martin Landau: Donald Blakemore
- Ian Richardson: Manley
- Natalie Desselle: Mickey
- Troy Beyer: Tracy Shaw
- Luigi Amodeo Antonio
- Jonathan Fried: Isaac
- Pierre Edwards: Ali
- Anthony Johnson: James
- Bernie Mac: Mr. Johnson
Beverly Hills Beauties (B * A * P * S) is an American comedy film directed by Robert Townsend from the year 1997.
Action
The friendly waitresses Nisi and Mickey live in Georgia. Do you dream of opening a barber shop in the same time the soul -food meal would be served.
To raise the money for the store, take Nisi and Mickey in Los Angeles part of the casting for the recording of a music video. Your appearance is unsuccessful. The women take care of later by the older, wealthy Donald Blakemore, who is related to a producer of music videos. Blakemore gets his past life joy again.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times of 28 March 1997, the film was so bad that the language will stay away. He wondered why the participants were willing to participate. Martin Landau plays his role with "charm" and " great dignity ", but were wrong at this point.
Richard Propes wrote on www.independentcritics.com, the film should never be turned. He would never see him again. Just a few more random giggles would save the comedy before the " complete and total" bust.
Awards
Halle Berry was nominated in 1998 for the Black Film Award at the Acapulco Black Film Festival.
Background
The film was shot in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. His cost of production was estimated at 10 million U.S. dollars. The film played in theaters in the USA a about 7.2 million U.S. dollars.