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Who's the Man?

Play trailer Poster for Who's the Man? R,  1993,  1h 27m,  Comedy/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 56% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
56% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Ed Lover (Ed Lover) and Doctor Dre (Andre Romelle Young) are hapless New York City barbers who test the patience of their boss, Nick Crawford (Jim Moody), one too many times and end up at a police academy to try out careers in law enforcement. Training under the tough-as-nails Sergeant Cooper (Denis Leary), Ed and Dre eventually learn enough skills to become rookie cops. For their first major assignment, they attempt to thwart a corrupt businessman at odds with Nick over property development.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
A lot of the humor, though, seems to spring from the personalities and relationships of Dr. Dre and Ed Lover themselves, who, like Cheech and Chong and Laurel and Hardy and the teams mentioned in the movie, have an easy chemistry. Go to Full Review
Elvis Mitchell Spin Sep 8, 2023
As a movie, it's not much, but Who's the Man? rolls into a throwaway cool breeze, becoming a hip-hop version of one of those Hope and Crosby road movies. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Jun 1, 2018
Billing itself as the first hip-hop whodunit, Who's the Man? can be best appreciated by hardcore rap fans, who can chuckle at the sight of their idols in Harlem version of Around the World in Eighty Days. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 8, 2005
2/5
Leo Goldsmith Not Coming to a Theater Near You Jun 22, 2004
5/5
Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Sep 17, 2002
2/5
I don't want to give this film a bad 'rap'...but it really does suck Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Ted Demme

Director

Ed Lover

Ed Lover

Dr. Dre

Doctor Dre

Badja Djola

Lionel Douglas

Richard Bright

Demetrius

Ice-T

Nighttrain

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Who's the Man?

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Movie Info

Synopsis Ed Lover (Ed Lover) and Doctor Dre (Andre Romelle Young) are hapless New York City barbers who test the patience of their boss, Nick Crawford (Jim Moody), one too many times and end up at a police academy to try out careers in law enforcement. Training under the tough-as-nails Sergeant Cooper (Denis Leary), Ed and Dre eventually learn enough skills to become rookie cops. For their first major assignment, they attempt to thwart a corrupt businessman at odds with Nick over property development.
Director
Ted Demme
Producer
Charles Stettler, Maynell Thomas
Screenwriter
Seth Greenland
Production Co
New Line Cinema, De Passe Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 13, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.3M
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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