B*A*P*S Page #3

Synopsis: Nisi and Mickey are girlfriends who work as waitresses. To get the necessary money for opening their dream restaurant they fly to California to audition for a music video. There Nisi is asked by the nephew of Mr.Blakemore's (who is video director) to act for a week as granddaughter of Lily, Mr.Blakemores one true love, whom he lost long ago and couldn't pursue because she was his family's housekeeper. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he teaches them to be "Black American Princesses" in return.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Robert Townsend
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
PG-13
Year:
1997
91 min
2,894 Views


- Wait in there. - Come on.

Mick! Come in here. Look at this.

Ooh, it's pretty, ain't it?

It's beautiful.

Hey...

Why they got 2 toilets?

You know how rich folks is.

They got to feel like they got a choice

in everything they do.

Now, that one right there...

Iook like it's for number one...

And that one look like it's for number 2.

How do you flush number one?

You just turn these 2 handles right here.

Oh, no, girl!

What did you do?

The water's getting all over the floor!

Do something! Hurry!

I'm trying!

Turn it off, Nisi! Turn it off! Turn it off!

- Nis, let me! - OK!

I'm gonna turn it off!

Mick, sit on it! Sit on it, Mick!

They're gonna throw us out of here, Mick!

Come on! Come on! OK! OK!

Girl, that's my back!

Girl, that's my back!

Girl, you're on my back!

You're on my back, girl!

Come on now!

Is everything all right in there?

- I say, is everything all right in there?

- Mick, the intercom!

Hurry up, girl!

Come on now!

Hello? Hello, ladies?

C'mon, sh*t!

Are you all right in there?

Damn! Talk to the man!

Is everything all right in there?

Yes... everything is fine.

Have you got a mop?

Mr. Isaac will see you now.

Mm-hmm. We'll be down in 5 minutes.

5 hours!

Shut up, Mick!

Together.

Over here.

Wait, wait. Slow down. Slow down.

I don't want you to trip.

Hi. Please have a seat.

How do you like your room?

Oh, snap! This whole place is the bomb!

It's lovely.

Now, uh, before we begin...

well, there's just one little thing

I have to tell you.

I'm not making a music video.

I just didn't know how else

I was going to find...

an actress like yourself.

I can act, too!

This job involves...

And old man who is dying from cancer.

Oh, that's sad.

Know what's even sadder?

He was never able to marry...

the one woman that he truly loved.

Why come?

Because he's white...

and she was black.

She was the housekeeper

at the family's estate.

Her name was Lily.

- Oh, that's who I'm going to play?

- Well, not quite.

When his family

discovered their relationship...

they separated them.

They immediately married him off

to a white woman.

And he never saw Lily again.

Anyway, he's dying...

and the only family that he has left

is his nephew.

That's me.

Sorry. I'm his nephew.

Uh, and when I learned...

that he has less than 2 weeks to live...

well, I decided that maybe I should try

and find the love of his life. Find Lily.

That is so sweet of you.

Well, it was also impossible.

But, seems I have managed to find...

Lily's granddaughter.

- Oh, that's who I'm going to play.

- Yes. Yes, exactly.

Well, my idea was...

You know how much

your grandmother loved him...

so, you show up here...

out of the goodness of your heart.

You just do anything and everything

that you can...

to make sure that his final days...

are filled with... with kindness and love.

- Bravo. - Man.

- That's beautiful.

- Aw, I'm glad you think so.

So, if you'd be so kind as to follow me.

Right this way.

Uncle Don, I have a surprise for you.

I'd like you to meet Denise.

Denise is Lily's granddaughter.

Why didn't you tell me they were coming?

How dare you bring them in like this.

How dare you!

No.

Put... get... get out. Get out.

Nisi, let's not get scared.

We can handle that old man.

We gonna get this $10,000

and make all our dreams come true.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my god.

This is the bomb.

It's the bomb.

OK.

We going to get this money.

Let's go to dinner.

He said it was this way.

Come on!

I'm sorry I scared you.

I meant it as a surprise.

It's all right, Isaac.

Just don't ever do that to me again.

I won't.

Well, hello there.

Have a seat.

Forgive me for my behavior earlier.

I'm sorry if I was rude.

I... I don't like surprises.

So...

I can't tell you how happy I am

to have you in my home.

The first years of my life were touched

by the magic of Lily.

I welcome you.

I suppose she told you all about life

on the estate.

Yeah, she did.

What exactly did she say?

Uh, well, she... told me about the trees.

There were wonderful trees.

There was this beautiful, majestic oak

as you drove...

That's the one. The oak.

She told us about the oak, didn't she?

Ah, here's dinner.

Thanks.

Thank you, Manley.

What's this?

I'm only permitted to eat certain foods.

No wonder why you sick.

I don't mean to be rude,

but you ain't dead yet.

You can still eat hearty.

What she mean is...

you can still eat hearty

and be healthy, too.

You sound just like Lily.

There's no food like soul food.

You right about that.

Ain't no food like soul food. Excuse me.

- Give me your plate. - What?

Give me your plate.

Yes.

92.3 The Beat with Jesse Collins.

Off the request lines from L.A.

Do you think Ali and James miss us?

I don't know, but I know I miss my man.

You need to scoot over,

because I ain't got no problem...

sleeping on this expensive white carpet

because I know it's poodle hair.

Excuse me.

I must talk to you.

Oh, yes, Antonio! I'm coming!

Hold on.

- Antonio. - Mickey.

- Antonio. - Mickey.

Perhaps we can go someplace private.

Hold on.

You need to go take a cold shower

like I told you to.

Come with me, bellissima.

Hey, hey!

You said we came down here to talk.

No more lies.

I felt that maybe you were feeling

the same thing that I feel for you.

You were?

We are destiny, I'm convinced.

- We are? - Si, bellissima.

But I have a secret.

Well, got on ahead, Antonio.

You can tell me.

My family is very wealthy.

For real?

I came to America to find somebody

who likes me for me.

Somebody like you.

You got some money?

More money than you can spend

in one lifetime.

Oh, please let me try

in this lifetime, please.

I will. I promise.

I need to go now.

Until we meet again.

Arrivederci.

Aria derchi to you, too.

And some mozzarella and fettuccini.

Hell, yeah.

I swear to God it ain't no dream.

I know you think he's just hired help

but it's all an act.

Well, if he's so rich...

why did he have to come

all the way to America to find his wife?

I don't know.

But I ain't got no rock on my finger...

so I say we keep shopping

for our babies' daddies.

And may the fattest wallet him.

I tell you, Master Isaac,

they're disrupting M. Blakemore's diet.

They're poisoning him

with this soul food as he calls it.

Mm-mmm, he love Mickey's soul food.

My soul food is created

to nourish the soul, OK?

I ain't used pork

since Thelma was on Good Times...

about to marry Ebay the African prince,

'cause he didn't eat pork in his food

and I said no, no, no.

I'm waiting on my African prince...

to be my baby's daddy,

so I stopped using pork...

because I started using chicken broth.

I could be doing that.

So I don't know what you talking about.

See, what I cook is much healthier than

that bird stuff Alfred is cooking for him.

The name is Manley, thank you.

I spoke with the nutritionist this morning.

And he warned me that

this so-called soul food...

has been know to clog the arteries,

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