The Cookout (2004)
Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 39
Good-natured but prepared with an absence of craft, The Cookout is an unappetizing collection of warmed-over jokes.
Average Rating: 2.6/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 14
Good-natured but prepared with an absence of craft, The Cookout is an unappetizing collection of warmed-over jokes.
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When Todd Anderson (Storm P) signs a 30-million-dollar contract with the New Jersey Nets after being named the number one NBA draft pick of the year, his mother (Jenifer Lewis) vows to prevent her son from forgetting his roots. Not used to balancing his new life with his old, Todd mistakenly invites family and friends from his old neighborhood to his multi-million-dollar house for a cookout on the same day of an important endorsement interview. Though his extravagant family cookouts were welcome
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Cast
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Ja Rule
Bling Bling -
Tim Meadows
Uncle Leroy -
Storm P
Todd Anderson -
Meagan Good
Brittany -
Jonathan Silverman
Wes Riley -
Farrah Fawcett
Mrs. Crowley -
Queen Latifah
Security Guard -
Gerry Bamman
Butler -
Rita Owens
Aunt Nettie -
Marcia Reed
Ms. Peters -
Ruperto Vanderpool
Wheezer -
Marvin H. Albert
Marv Albert -
Elton Brand
Elton Brand -
Baron Davis
Baron Davis -
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban -
Reg E. Cathey
Frank Washington -
Frankie Faison
Jojo Anderson -
Danny Glover
Judge Halsted Crowle... -
Jenifer Lewis
Lady Em -
Carl Wright
Grandpa -
Alice Wright
Grade School Bling B... -
Jerod Mixon
Willie -
Jamal Mixon
Nelson -
Deep Katdare
Clerk -
Eve
Becky -
Marc Plastrik
Police Chief -
Thomas James O'Leary
Reporter #1 -
Lance Spellerberg
Sven -
Wendy Williams
Reporter #2 -
Otis Best
Grade School Todd -
Kevin L. Phillips
Jamal Washington -
Denee Busby
Little Dee -
Shawn Andrew
Jerome -
Jesse May
Olivier -
Peggy Cosgrave
Mrs. Atwater -
William Stone Mahone...
Commissioner -
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Wilhelm Lewis
Wayne -
Antonio Walker
Young Thug -
Sandra Mills Scott
Nurse -
Channelle Nazaire
Grade School Becky -
Rodney Henry Jr.
Grade School Wheezer -
Alex Avant
Police Officer -
Divine Compere
Young Cousin -
Hasani Houston
Light Skinned Boy -
Julian Douglas
Two Year Old Baby -
Mehki Clayton-Smith
Two Year Old Baby -
DJ Enuff
Himself -
Roxy Noffz
Cookie Girl -
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (39) | DVD (6)
This is one dull party.
Top CriticRivera and a host of screenwriters were apparently as cowed by Lady Em as Todd; she sucks up much of the screen time, and admirable though her family values may be, they're not exactly rip-roaring funny.
Todd's payday apparently sends comedy backward in time, and we're in the 1970s, ethno-sitcom style.
A painfully unfunny, would-be comedy.
The pointlessness of The Cookout exudes a modicum of charm, but the simple-minded mess still lacks the wit and moral weight of an episode of Family Matters.
Proceeds at a rambling pace without developing much in the way of comic momentum or scoring many laugh-out-loud high points.
Avoid this gross, raunchy comedy at all costs.
The very definition of an easy target--and, in all fairness, it deserves every last bit of criticism.
Director Lance Rivera has never directed a movie before, and he doesn't start here.
Seemingly assembled from ideas on the cutting-room floor of a cancelled sitcom.
Uma "comédia" sem a menor graça que, com seus estereótipos ofensivos a brancos, negros e homossexuais, falha não só do ponto de vista cinematográfico, mas também humano.
...a taxing and intolerable vehicle that has all the charm of a gold-toothed rapper's root canal. The Cookout is certainly not any food for thought.
It's low comedy and it's crudely made. But that's no excuse for it being dull.
Everything else here -- from the gross caricatures to the so-called comic mayhem -- is sour to taste.
Plenty of action and confusion in this wild story that culminates in a cookout.
It does provide some true laughs and, incredibly, some real humanity.
Director Lance Rivera raises some legitimate questions about moving up versus selling out and the commodification of professional athletes, but he couldn't care less about answering them.
The movie unfolds in the most perfunctory fashion. At least the food looks good.
Rippin' and Dippin'
This is one more entry in the long list of 'urban comedies' that dish out the kind of humor that would probably spark protests if the filmmakers weren't African-American.
There might have been a decent comedy here if someone had remembered to insert some actual humor.
The few high points hardly add up to enough to keep this barbecue grill from just fizzling out.
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