Big Ain't Bad is a romantic comedy film

Romantic comedy film

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, directed

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 by Ray Culpepper and written by Brian Poe (aka Drayton Jamison). It stars Jade Jenise Dixon, Sean Blakemore

Sean Blakemore

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, Reginald Ballard

Reginald Ballard

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, Tico Wells

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, and Troy Medley. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2003 Hollywood Black Film Festival

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 in Los Angeles, California. It was the Kick Off Film to the Fox Theater's 75th Anniversary Summer Film Series in Atlanta in 2004. It played in limited release in movie theaters, and was released to DVD (First Look) in 2005.

Plot

Big Ain't Bad is a romantic comedy that redefines the measure of love. Ric (Blakemore) and Natalie (Dixon) are a happy young couple headed towards marriage after a brief courtship. However, when Natalie makes an early return home from a business trip and finds her trusted mate in the company of last night's entertainment, the relationship abruptly ends leaving them to travel separate roads to self-discovery.

Cast

• Jade Jenise Dixon — Natalie Wilkins
• Sean Blakemore — Ric Jackson
• Reginald Ballard
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   — Butch Wilkins
• Tico Wells
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   — Kirkland Ellis III
• Troy Medley — Dino "Mobe" Wilkins
• Cory Tyler
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   — Pierre
• Hattie Lemon — Marilyn
• Jemmerio Is Jemmerio — Fats
• Kenny Leon
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   — Mayor Thomas Jordan
• Montanna Taylor — Denver
• Phyllis Yvonne Stickney — Lauren Jordan
• Sahr Ngaujah — Clay
• Syr Law — Marci
• Tracie Wright — Gina
• Tracy Johnson — Tiny
• Therese Dray-Jones — Sabrina
• Angel Glaspie — Cashier
• Bernard Holyfield — Quincy
• Janora McDuffie — Keli
• Aimee Palance — Mia
• Xavier Rivers — Curator
• Malcolm Spears — Spencer
• Frank Ski
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   — Lead MC
• Rashan Ali — Rae Vaughn
• Jason Carter — MC
• Jace C. Gatewood — Butch Wilkins, Sr.
• Isaiah Thomas — Young Dino Wilkins
• Cameron Witherspoon — Young Natalie Wilkins
• Ryann Poe — Child in Rain Scene
• Lil Jon
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  — Himself