Partly scripted by Nelson George, the premier authority on hip hop, the film is not without moments of insight, and there are certainly enough gross-out gags to keep you watching.
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08/20/08
CB4 (1993)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:11
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6/10
Reviews for CB4
1 - 19 (sorted by comments; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIn parts it is hugely, monstrously funny.
02/09/06
Top CriticCB4 just isn't too funny, and one gets the feeling that the filmmakers themselves lacked the resolve or coherence of vision to mock rap in any effective fashion.
12/17/07
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03/26/09
Top CriticAn amusing look at the early days of the gangsta rappers.
12/06/05
Though CB4 starts out as a fairly amusing rap variation of This is Spinal Tap! it quickly sinks into a raunchy, sexist series of off-the-wall gags that go nowhere.
01/01/00
No review available.
02/22/04
Torn between celebration and sendup, CB4 misses its big target as often as it hits.
03/31/08
If your mood is loose and profane, if you speak hip-hop (or you just like hearing it) and if you think Rock is funny (he is), you'll be glad you checked this out.
01/01/00
No review available.
08/08/05
There's an unexpected innocence mixed in here that helps to blunt the pointed raunchiness (and political incorrectness) of the subject.
01/01/00
As a series of ocasionally-amusing vignettes, CB4 is is fitfully entertaining. However, when everything is tied together into a cohesive whole, this movie is a colossal mess.
01/01/00
CB4 promises sharper satire than it actually delivers.
09/07/04
Top Critic
Resolutely lame in all the wrong places, CB4 is nowhere near the witty satire it purports to be.
07/06/03
A muddled but often funny rap satire.
01/02/04
No review available.
10/03/03
No review available.
01/23/03
A fast-paced and frequently hilarious spoof of the old-school rap world.
07/25/02
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