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Friday (1995)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 22
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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 6
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Movie Info

Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborator DJ Pooh. Craig (Ice Cube) manages to get fired on his day off (though he claims it's through no fault of his own) and spends the day hanging out with his buddy Smokey (Chris Tucker) and trying to avoid his father (John Witherspoon), who wants him to find another job immediately. Smokey (whose name

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy

Directed By: F. Gary Gray

Written By: Ice Cube, D.J. Pooh

In Theaters: Apr 26, 1995 Wide

On DVD: Mar 2, 1999

New Line Home Entertainment

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Cast

Ice Cube
Craig
Chris Tucker
Smokey
Nia Long
Debbie
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Deebo
John Witherspoon
Mr. Jones
Anna Maria Horsford
Mrs. Jones
Tony Cox
Mr. Parker
Anthony Johnson
Ezal
Regina King
Dana
Faizon Love
Big Worm
Bernie Mac
Pastor Cleaver
LaWanda Page
Old Lady
Reynaldo Rey
Red's Father
Vickilyn Reynolds
Joann
Ronn Riser
Stanley
Yvette Wilson
Rita
Kathleen Bradley Overton
Mrs. Parker
Angela Means
Felisha
Paula Jai Parker
Joi
Tiny "zeus" Lis...

Critic Reviews for Friday

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (5) | DVD (12)

Friday has energy, and sass, and the nerve to suggest that the line between tragedy and comedy may be in the bloodshot eye of the beholder.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

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A crudely made, sometimes funny bit of porchfront humor from the 'hood.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

This is a ruder, cruder version of the hip-hop movie House Party, and it offers a fascinating glimpse at the way street life enters pop culture.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Caryn James

New York Times

Top Critic

Cube is amusing, though he's really playing straight man to Tucker's frenetic and energized Smokey.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Top Critic

Dirty, offensive, infantile and may launch a few sanctimonious opinion columns. And I mean that in the nicest way.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Writer and director are both only 25 years old -- and provide another example of why it's best to beware of young men with movie cameras.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Ice Cube's drug- and profanity-filled 'hood cult classic.

August 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Co-scriptwriters Ice Cube, DJ Pooh, and director F. Gary Gray find as much humor in well-observed detail as in the oddities of the film's world.

July 25, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The original installment in the outrageous slacker trilogy starring Ice Cube.

September 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Sly Fox

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

The original installment in the outrageous slacker trilogy starring Ice Cube.

September 7, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A new generation of black talent (director Gray, actors Chris Tucker and Ice Cube) bring verve to this much welcome comedic view of street life in South Central, after mostly crime and drug pictures set there.

August 21, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Director Gray tries (unsuccessfully) to create a '90s Cheech and Chong with inane lavatory humour, manic facial expressions, and plenty of close-ups of a tokin' Smokey. Pass� the spliff.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Synthesizes blaxploitation and pot-comedy genres and melds them into a colossus of unending laughs.

July 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

It has a certain crude, rambling charm.

March 2, 2005 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Gray's direction is painfully flat, and curiously -- especially for a popular music video director like Gray -- lacking any interesting visual style.

November 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Joey O'Bryan

Austin Chronicle

Cube's charm and Tucker's frantic antics can carry the movie only so far before the wall-to-wall profanity, constant vulgar humor and male chauvinist ogling wear out their welcome.

November 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Chris Hicks

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

...much of the humor sailed right over my caucasian head.

November 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Turns "Boyz N'The Hood" on it's head...simply hilarious

July 11, 2003 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

Hilarious hip-hop ghetto comedy. Chris Tucker's role as "Smokey" sets this one apart from it's mediocre sequels.

March 19, 2003 Comment

Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

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Audience Reviews for Friday

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As far as "hood" films (the post 1970s predecessor to blaxploitation) go, this is one of the better and more entertaining ones. It's a buddy comedy all the way, yet it tries to do a little more and at least comment on larger issues affecting urban neighborhoods. It's not as preachy and serious or meaningful as Boyz N

June 9, 2006

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

A fun movie. Ice Cube and the rest are funny as hell. The jokes were funny, but I didn't laugh as much as I'd hoped. The plot was pointless, but aren't all stoner comedies. Overall a good movie, but comedy could've been better.

May 5, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Friday Quotes

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1. Smokey: You've got to be a stupid mother fucker to get fired on your day off!
– Submitted by Alex M (3 months ago)
1. Deebo: THAT'S MY BIKE, PUNK!
– Submitted by Justice S (4 months ago)
1. Smokey: YOU GOT KNOCK THE FUGG OUT!
– Submitted by Justice S (4 months ago)
1. Felisha: Craig. Craig.
– Submitted by Jay A (7 months ago)
1. Deebo: That's my bike, punk!
– Submitted by Jay A (7 months ago)