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Next Friday (1999)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:5

Rotten:14

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Next Friday lacks the fun of the original Friday. The movie is messy and plotless and relies on unfunny vulgar gags.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Set two years after the events in FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY follows a day in the life of protagonist Craig (Ice Cube), who must flee Los Angeles after neighborhood bully Debo breaks out of prison, vowing... Set two years after the events in FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY follows a day in the life of protagonist Craig (Ice Cube), who must flee Los Angeles after neighborhood bully Debo breaks out of prison, vowing to beat him to a pulp. Craig escapes to his uncle Elroy's house in Rancho Cucamonga, only to discover that life in the suburbs is even more screwed up than in the ghetto. His uncle is into S&M; his aunt is a nymphomaniac; the neighbors are a bunch of gangsters; and his cousin is chased by a former girlfriend and a thuggish woman named Baby D. The fourth film produced by Ice Cube, NEXT FRIDAY is, like its predecessor, a buddy film pairing straight man Ice Cube with fresh comedic talent Mike Epps. Helmed by first-time director Steve Carr, who is known for making stylish videos for top rap acts, the film sends up raunchy life in suburbia from an African American perspective. The soundtrack is liberally sprinkled with thumping hip-hop tracks, including "Chin Check," the first new song from the rap group NWA in many years. [More]

Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon

Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Tamala Jones, Jacob Vargas, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Lobo Sebastian, Rolando Molina, Lisa Rodriguez, Don "D.C." Curry, Kim Whitley, Amy Hill, Sticky Fingaz

Director: Steve Carr

Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Ice Cube
Producer: Matt Alvarez
Composer: Terence Blanchard

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Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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It delivers the same brand of cheap laughs.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Al Brumley
Al Brumley
Dallas Morning News
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Next Friday is a truly awful film.

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01/01/00
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
Film.com
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Isn't quite the picture its predecessor was.

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01/01/00
Gary Dauphin
Gary Dauphin
Village Voice
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If there were any justice, Next Friday would be the last Friday. Somehow, I fear the first weekend grosses will make that unlikely.

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01/01/00
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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One measure of its desperation and lack of respect for its audience is the frequency with which it labors to wring humor from flatulence and excrement gags.

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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Its humor batting average would earn anybody an MVP.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
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Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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The pic is too larky and goofy to come across as mean-spirited.

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Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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The real problem with Next Friday is that the whole movie is so ineptly written and directed that its 90 minutes seem to take twice as long.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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Next Friday's a chronic snore.

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01/01/00
Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
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Notable chiefly for feeding a stereotype of blacks as shiftless layabouts interested mainly in recreational drugs and irresponsible sex.

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01/01/00
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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Next Friday has everything you loved about last Friday.

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01/01/00
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Next Friday is an extremely funny movie, and this is coming from someone who barely cracked a smile during Friday, the first installment of this franchise.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
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Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Another plotless, pothead comedy.

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Robert Dominguez
Robert Dominguez
New York Daily News
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The flick could use Chris Tucker, co-star of the first Friday, AWOL in the sequel. He probably took a look at the script and realized this sequel was no reason to shout, 'T.G.I.F.'

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01/01/00
Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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Most of the humor is about as fresh as the air left behind whenever Witherspoon uses a toilet.

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Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
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If the first film was such stoned, dumb fun it felt illegal, Next Friday reminds us of the dangers in returning to the scene of the crime.

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01/01/00
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Next Friday will eventually be remembered as a disposable farce, but one that leaves a happy memory.

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Tom Keogh
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Film.com
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