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Friday (1995)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:11

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 6 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Thoroughly charming and totally hilarious day-in-the-life comedy in which co-writer Ice Cube plays the stoic Craig opposite Chris Tucker's Smokey, a brilliantly rendered hyperactive marijuana... Thoroughly charming and totally hilarious day-in-the-life comedy in which co-writer Ice Cube plays the stoic Craig opposite Chris Tucker's Smokey, a brilliantly rendered hyperactive marijuana enthusiast. The two twentysomethings, Craig recently wrongly fired and Smokey terminally slacking and scamming, barely make it through one highly eventful day. Eloquent commentary on themes like community, family, friendship, and violence is seamlessly blended with lighter treatments of young romance, bathroom emergencies, nosy neighbors and much more. Casually impeccable performances by the entire cast make this film a standout. [More]

Starring: Chris Tucker, Ice Cube, Nia Long, Regina King

Starring: Chris Tucker, Ice Cube, Nia Long, Regina King, Bernie Mac, John Witherspoon, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Anna Maria Horsford, Paula Jai Parker, Faizon Love, Angela Means, Vickilyn Reynolds, Tony Cox, Demetrius Navarro

Director: F. Gary Gray

Director: F. Gary Gray

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Joey O'Bryan
Joey O'Bryan
Austin Chronicle

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

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

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07/11/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
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...much of the humor sailed right over my caucasian head.

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11/06/03
David Nusair
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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.

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

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Kam Williams
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It has a certain crude, rambling charm.

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

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