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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Humor Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 07/22/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy See Also: Personals

Writer/director Mike Sargent makes his feature debut with this witty romantic comedy about looking for a lover in the newspaper pages. New York reporter Keith Parker (Malik Yoba) neglects his day job to tend to his two girlfriends. His carefully balanced world comes crashing down when he gets canned from work and dumped by both of his honeys. Keith resolves to get his life back in order by placing some personal ads both under his real name and under his cheesy pen name. Much of the rest of the film details Keith's adventures on the town with a diverse array of women including an angry black militant (Angela Bullock) who denounces Whoopi Goldberg, a depressive poet (Joie Susannah Lee), and a forthright businesswoman who seeks the right man to impregnate her. Personals was screened at the 1999 Chicago Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Malik Yoba - Keith Parker
Stacey Dash - Leah
Monteria Ivey - Mickey
Rhoda Ross Kendrick - Sheila
Sheryl Lee Ralph - Chantal

A journalist's experiment involving 30 dates in 30 days is the catalyst for this romantic comedy from first-time writer/director Mike Sargent. Malik Yoba is Keith, a man who's just looking to get an interesting magazine article when he places a personal ad, but gets a lot more than he bargained for. Also starring Stacey Dash and Sheryl Lee Ralph, Hook'd Up has also been released under the title Personals. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide