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Carmen - A Hip Hopera

Mekhi Phifer (Actor), Beyonce (Actor), Robert Townsend (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Musicals & Performing Arts/Musicals, Drama/Love & Romance, Drama
Format	Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Graig Hutchison, Sekani Williams, Rah Digga, Beyonce, Michael Elliot, Beyoncé, Bow Wow, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Casey Lee, Robert Townsend, Kip Collins, Joy Bryant, Wyclef Jean, Loretha Jones, Da Brat, Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Jermaine Dupri See more
Language	English
Number Of Discs	1

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Carmen: A Hip Hopera (DVD)

Destiny's Child's sultry songstress Beyoncé Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember) plays the seductive Carmen Brown in the first hip-hop opera ever produced. CARMEN: A HIP HOPERA retells Georges Bizet's classic opera Carmen in a contemporary, urban setting, where the drama plays out in verse and the songs convey raw emotions. Mekhi Phifer, Reagan Gomez-Preston and recording artists Mos Def (aka Dante Beze), Wyclef Jean, Lil' Bow Wow and Da Brat also star in this edgy, provocative tale of two ill-fated lovers.

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Recasting Bizet's classic opera as a musical tale in the 'hood, Carmen: A Hip Hopera proves that the plot's not the thing. By retaining the story but jettisoning Bizet's individual musical numbers that propel the tragedy to its inevitable conclusion, this Carmen founders on familiarity: it's just another soap opera about two lovers whose tryst proves fatal. Occasionally, the music quotes Bizet's famous themes, but most of the rapping and singing sound interchangeable. What makes this Carmen worth seeing, however, is the scintillating performance of Beyoncé Knowles (of the trio Destiny's Child) in the lead role. From her first entrance in a dazzling red gown, Knowles shows off a vibrant, magnetic personality; the camera loves her, as her group's many music videos have shown, but they only hint at how impressively she holds the screen. Can she act? The jury's still out, but Carmen: A Hip Hopera--however disappointing this hybrid is in most ways--showcases a compelling movie-star presence. --Kevin Filipski

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.19 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ DN5560D
Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Townsend
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Mekhi Phifer, Beyonce, Beyoncé, Mos Def, Rah Digga
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Michael Elliot, Loretha Jones, Graig Hutchison
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000069I0E
Writers ‏ : ‎ Michael Elliot, Kip Collins, Sekani Williams
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Tiffi Kay

Loved when I was a kid

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2022

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As amusing as remembered. Hahaha

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Jinkies Johnson

How Did this Get Made?!?!?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2022

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I never saw it when it came out, but as a Beyonce fan I knew existed...fast forward, it's 2022 and Amazon has all the obscure movies. My husband decided this was a good bad movie to bond over. Wish the podcast HDTGM would watch this, would make a great episode.

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lightbluechucks

A (sort of) honest review by a Beyonce stan

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 1, 2015

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The term "guilty-pleasure" has become so trite and over-used. If you like something, you like it. Don't be embarrassed. That being said I LOVED this movie when it premiered back in the TRL days of MTV. I love musical theater/opera and Beyonce, so this was everything my little 14-year-old heart could have wanted. Bought the soundtrack, memorized all the songs, I was all in. Unfortunately the copy I had got a crack in it, so I was forced to repurchase.

I'ma be honest with you. I rated this 4 stars because of nostalgia, and my love for Queen Bey. It might actually warrant only 2. The lyrics will leave you baffled: "Ayo I came from the projects/ Now I want the condos/ Tryna be a star/ And now you messin' up my cosmos" (ugh) and the acting is...yeesh. Oooh BUT for a fun drinking game - take a shot every time Joy Bryant shows up dressed in something camo (this was the early 2000s, after all). Mom-drunk on wine is a really good mood to be in when you watch this. If you're a Beyhive stan and want to add this to your library, go for it. If you're reeeeaaaally curious at how a urban re-telling of the Carmen opera looks like, also go for it. Otherwise....I think there are clips on YouTube?

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Msz Anna

Sexy, musical & dramatic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2009

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Carmen is the story of Beyonce - the troublemaker and hottie of the town, and Mekhi Phifer who plays Officer Hill. Hill is engaged to the perfect woman (not Beyonce, another girl)... until one night when he has to drive Carmen to the police station and thats when the drama begins. Carmen will do anything to get out of going to jail. Even seducing him. And thats where everything starts to go wrong..

Its not anything spectacular, but its good to watch once or twice. The songs in it are pretty good.. especially "If looks could kill" which Beyonce & Mos Def sang really well... and the twist definately suprised me. There are some boring bits, but overall i enjoyed it and i think its worth watching.

Oh and the quality of the dvd was good too!

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Mercedes

CARMEN is a movie classic, in my opinion is the one movie Beyonce did her best acting in

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2020

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I like this movie, she did good and the music is good too

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Meh

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2019

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It was a seemingly new product but when I played the disc it skipped a few times and had some minor scratches on it.

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Mama G

I am impressed!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2021

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Extremely well done. Bravo!

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soundman

Great to see this Classical based work spiced up

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 16, 2012

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This is a nice fresh modern updated version of the original Classicaly Opera written by the French composer Georges Biet - pronouced Geeeoorge Bee Zay. This musicial - melo/drama - based work will catch any persons attention after they reconize the catchy tunes. Especially if tthe have had any exposure to Classical music in their earlier years in high school. Afterall all hip hop music is not about the bling , women & cars. Example R.Kelly's The Closet. Moore reviews on films like this to come later.

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