...Most of the time, the type of comedies we get are teen comedies that pretty much only focus on sexual topics. Not my cup of tea. It's just not funny.

But here, we have a brilliantly funny comedy about a black man mentally stuck in the 70s who's out their protecting racial equality. We also have "The Brotherhood," a secret organization doing the same thing, consisting of mostly blacks. But they stress the message that you just have to be "down" to be in the brotherhood, and you don't have to be black. At first, it seems like only blacks are welcome. But then they realize that working as an equal team is how the job should really be done, regardless of one's race. So this movie has a good message, despite all the racial jokes.

But enough of that. This movie is hilarious! The jokes they make about both black culture and white culture kept me laughing all the way through. You can't take it too seriously. If you do, getting offended will come with the territory for you, and that's not what this movie is about. What goes through my head when the jokes are cracked is, "That's exactly how it is!" And I'm a white guy.

Sure, a lot of the jokes are ones that have been used before. But the WAY they're used in this movie and the creativity behind it all is what made me laugh.

So if you don't get offended easily by culture jokes, and you're in the mood to laugh a lot, this movie is for you.

I loved "Undercover Brother!" It's the movie "Pootie Tang" should have been! I found it over-the-top, laugh-out-loud funny! Eddie Griffin scores as Undercover Brother, an afrolicious version of Austin Powers. And Chris Kattan is hilarious as Mr. Feather, an evil underling of The Man, devoted to the white man's dominance, but succumbing to hip-hop influence. Other funny performances came from Dave Chappelle as the paranoid Conspiracy Brother, and Neil Patrick Harris as the clueless caucasian intern Lance. Some viewers may complain about the black stereotypes, but you must look at it as black actors and filmmakers laughing at themselves. It's all a "solid" laugh!

The first half or so of this movie is amazingly funny and insightful. It takes a very gentle look at race relations and only would offend idiots who frankly don't like to laugh (such as super-"politically correct people"). It's wonderful and I found my self laughing again and again. However, about midway through the movie, the film really seemed to bog down in too much plot. In other words, when the jokes were coming again and again, it was great. When the movie tried to create a story and plot, it slowed to a crawl (at times). This isn't to say that it was bad--it just slowed a lot and didn't sustain the momentum.

In addition, further into the film, Chris Kattan (who is very, very annoying and grating) becomes a greater focus in the film. Uggh! He seems to be the 21st century's new version of Pauley Shore when it comes to being irritating and excessively mugging for the camera.

Without Chris Kattan and with a little less plot in the second half, it would have been a fantastic film.