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Friday After Next (2002)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:17
Rotten:52
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: This Friday installment is more shapeless and stale than its predecessors.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: It is Christmas Eve for most of the Christian world, but when Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are rudely awaken by a burglar in a Santa suit, it is definitely another FRIDAY in the ghetto.... It is Christmas Eve for most of the Christian world, but when Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are rudely awaken by a burglar in a Santa suit, it is definitely another FRIDAY in the ghetto. The phony Santa gets away with all the cousins' Christmas gifts and their overdue rent money after assaulting Craig with a paltry Christmas tree. Cops are called in and do little more than confiscate Craig and Day-Day's pot stash. Though the cousins may be used to such adversity in the 'hood, they have never before had to think about getting real jobs in order to pay the bills. This third installment in the hip-hop stoner series follows L.A.'s lovable losers through their first day as rent-a-cops at a South Central strip mall. As each problem they encounter becomes more and more ridiculous, screenwriter and star Ice Cube and first-time director Mark Raboy have constructed an irreverent African-American holiday farce. The film builds to a fever pitch at a holiday party where nearly every character in the film shows up for a wild finale. The supporting cast delivers outrageously amusing portraits of ghetto stereotypes while composer John Murphy paces the film by deftly blending hip-hop with traditional film scoring. [More]
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don "D.C." Curry, John Witherspoon
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don "D.C." Curry, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford, Bebe Drake, Sommore, Clifton Powell, Maziyar Jobrani, Katt Micah Williams, K.D. Aubert, Terry Crews
Director: Marcus Raboy
Director: Marcus Raboy
Screenwriter: Ice Cube
Producer: Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: New Line Cinema
Reviews for Friday After Next
It's become abundantly clear that series star/writer/producer Ice Cube hasn't a clue as to why the first Friday became such a beloved cult classic in the first place.
Perhaps the main problem with Friday After Next is that everything is too manic to be memorable.
A South Central LA comedy with more of the flavor of Halloween, the film is more about ghetto strife that's just too agitated to, well, pause for Claus.
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the 'hood, Friday fans were wishing the new sequel was good.
Never having seen the first two films in the series, I can't compare Friday After Next to them, but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days.
Latest News for Friday After Next
June 11, 2008:
Cube's Janky Promoters Adds Director, Co-Stars ![]()
It isn't a Friday reunion, but it's close: Ice Cube's upcoming comedy, Janky Promoters, will feature three Friday After Next veterans -- director Marcus Raboy, and co-star Mike... More...
March 28, 2008:
Ice Cube Getting Janky for Dimension
While the world waits with bated breath to hear if he'll be starring as B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's The A-Team, Ice Cube is keeping himself busy with other projects. More...
February 10, 2005:
Marcus Raboy to Helm "Whitebread"
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