Next Friday

Owen Gleiberman

type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 92 minutes Wide Release Date 01/12/00 performer Mike Epps, Ice Cube, Don D.C. Curry, Tamala Jones, Tiny Lister, John Witherspoon director Steve Carr distributor New Line Cinema author Ice Cube genre Comedy We gave it a C+ As a screenwriter, Ice Cube has a gift for creating rowdy, riotously self absorbed flakes fools who think theyre players. ( Read More )

Ive always found his acting a bit too consciously stoic, but The Players Club, the 1998 movie he wrote and directed, was vibrant and funny and dramatic, and the best parts of Next Friday are, like its predecessor, the raw stuff of a comedy of urban manners. ( Read More )

Nell Minow

This is the sequel to Friday, in which Craig (played by rap star Ice Cube, who co wrote the screenplay) spent the day smoking pot and beat up the neighborhood bully. ( Read More )

David Nusair

the heavy on dialogue rhythm in favor of needless subplots rife with hijinks. ( Read More )

Robert Roten

The raunchy, offensive humor is bolstered by plenty of slapstick comedy and the occasional funny line of dialogue, but those lines are few and far between. ( Read More )