Flip the Script (2005) User Reviews (4)

A Funny Little Independent Film

[Sherazade · 7/10 · 2 October 2006]

I have to admit, I rented this film mainly because of the front cover. It looked attractive and had Robin Givens, so I gave it a try. And you know how they say never judge a book by its cover, well there's an exception with this case because the film was just as attractive as its packaging.

Miguel A. Núñez Jr plays Dr. Preston Scott a former playboy who wised up and graduated medical school. We meet him as he is about to be harassed by one of his regular patients (an obese woman --- keep in mind the film doesn't go easy on fat people) whose idea of getting some is coming for her gynecological check-ups and getting all worked up while the doctor is well, checking up on her. Preston is interrupted by one of the nurses who tells him he has an urgent matter to attend to. Soon enough we find out that the nude guy running in the Himalayas we saw earlier as the film began was actually a friend of Preston. He is told by another friend that Lucky (played by hilarious Teck Holmes) aka nude guy died during a protest stunt in India. Lucky's last wishes were for two of his best friends Preston and Rain (played by the fabulous Robin Givens) to organise a memorial in honour of him. The problem is Preston and Rain were former lovers and broke up on very bad terms.

Nevertheless, the two as well as the rest of their friends get together for a weekend in honour of their deceased comrade and this impromptu reunion gets everybody on their guards. Rain, in order to impress her friends as well as make Preston jealous invents a story that she has just gotten engaged, and Preston in order to do the same to her invents the same story (hence the title Flip the Script). There is another play on this title in the great big shocking ending but let me save some surprise for you as well. Bianca Lawson shines as Lucky's heartbroken girlfriend Angel. Laz Alonso, Obba Babatunde, Randy J. Goodwin, Gary Henry, Mel Jackson, Jazsmin Lewis & Mari Morrow co-star.

Loved It!!

[sanidiaspence · 8/10 · 3 May 2006]

This movie was funny and kept me entertained from start to finish. All the actors did a wonderful job. I am not a big Robin Givens fan however, I enjoyed watching her role as Rain. I was thrilled to support this film when it was showing in my city with the BMW/Blackfilms.com tour. My college girlfriend and I went to see this film together and we were able to relate to the long-term friendship aspect and being there for each other thru thick and thin. It was truly refreshing to see films like this one relating to "black friendship" because it is out there too. I am interested in purchasing the DVD if anyone knows where I can get it.

Loved it!!

[millie-39 · 10/10 · 8 January 2007]

I bought this film last night with no expectations and it turned out to be really funny. Some scenes were so over the top that you can't help but laugh. I was able to relate to the characters and found the acting to be superior to many A list movies.The plot was a little out there but it all flowed very well. The casting was superb and it was good to see an African American film that showcases many of the actors that you rarely see... playing parts that fit them to a "T"! I wonder why I never heard about this movie when it came out. I would have totally gone to see it in theaters. All in all it was a surprise find that I will tell my friends about and most likely watch again.

Robin Givens makes an already funny and charming film funnier and more charming.

[brooksduane54 · 23 October 2011]

"Flip The Script," by and of itself, is an intensely humorous and greatly likable film. The male actors, led by Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., are deftly engaging and earn quite a lot of hearty laughs. The script by Tia Yoka McMillan gives the actors a large amount of funny business to handle. Terrah Bennett Smith, as director, always keeps the proceedings amiably light and chugging along. Yet the leading drawing card, the Number One attraction is Robin Givens's performance as Rain Jones. From her very first scene, where she adroitly juggles (concealed) awakened passion and (feigned) off-hand casualness during her telephone conversation with Nunez' character through ingratiatingly interacting with her "homegirl" buddy, portrayed by Jazmin Lewis, to where she at last openly and movingly acknowledges to Nunez the love she has always felt for him and agrees to marry him, Robin hits all the right notes. It is her plush beauty, her stylish charm, and her high-class intelligence that have us rooting for her and that easily make her the most appealing and sympathetic character in the picture. It is this flick, "Boomerang," and her made-for-TV film "The Penthouse" that clearly prove that Robin Givens is fully deserving of the title of Ms. Contemporary Black Hollywood.