Witless but watchable.
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03/08/02
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All About the Benjamins (2002)
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Reviews Counted:75
Fresh:23
Rotten:52
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: A sloppy, poorly directed action-comedy, All About the Benjamins is too derivative and gratuitously violent.
Theatrical Release:Mar 8, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $25,482,931
Synopsis: Small time hustler Reggie Wright (Mike Epps) is a con man and perpetual target of Miami bounty hunter Bucum Jackson (Ice Cube). One afternoon Bucum chases Reggie into a commercial shoot where they... [More]
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan Trio, Anthony Michael Hall
Director: Kevin Bray
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Reviews for All About the Benjamins
Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that aren't funny.
03/08/02
A rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by Epps.
03/08/02
...in no way original, or even all that memorable, but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy, it doesn't disappoint.
03/06/02
As violent, profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've ever seen.
03/07/02
There is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that's hard to resist.
04/19/02
Director Kevin Bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the “Miami Vice” checklist of power boats, Latin music and dog tracks. He doesn’t, however, deliver nearly enough of the show's trademark style and flash.
06/06/02
There's no question that Epps scores once or twice, but it's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head.
03/07/02
Many of Benjamins' elements feel like they’ve been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice.
03/08/02
Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole’ miss in the way of story.
09/14/02
One of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch.
04/09/02
Directed by Kevin Bray, whose crisp framing, edgy camera work, and wholesale ineptitude with acting, tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut.
10/03/02
With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action, All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s.
03/16/02
The home-run performances of Cube and Epps are handicapped by inept and illogical action sequences.
07/20/02
Top CriticThe lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma. We don't even like their characters.
02/19/02
May be more genial than ingenious, but it gets the job done.
03/07/02
Top CriticThanks to Ice Cube, Benjamins feels an awful lot like Friday in Miami.
02/28/02
Often is ... an enjoyable if ethically threadbare caper flick.
03/14/02
Filled with low-brow humor, gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life.
03/08/02
Top CriticFrom the opening scenes, it's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie.
03/07/02
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