Diagonaldi Very well executed

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

zardoz-13 "Next Friday" isn't half as funny as "Friday." The long awaited sequel to the 1995 cult classic hip-hop comedy lacks the hilarity of the ground-breaking original. Sadly, the best character is gone missing. Early in "Next Friday," Craig Jones informs us that Smokey has checked into rehab. Never again do we hear another word about the memorable Chris Tucker character. Nobody in "Next Friday" either replaces or matches the live-wire comic energy that Tucker infused into the pot-headed player he impersonated so vividly. The Pillsbury Homeboy of Rap—Ice Cube—John Witherspoon, and Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr., reprise their roles, but Nia Long and Regina King are missing, too. Ultimately, with Chris around to cut up, "Next Friday" seems just plain 'Tuckered out.' "Next Friday" carries on where its lowbrow predecessor faded out, so some surprising narrative continuity distinguishes this farce. If you missed "Friday," Craig (Ice Cube) beat the Goliath of the ghetto, Deebo (Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.) to a pulp after the bully had run roughshod over the neighborhood. Now, Deebo is chillin' in jail, but he vows to get payback. Anxiously, Mr. Jones (John Witherspoon) takes his out-of-work slacker son to live with his lotto-winning brother Elroy (Don 'D.C.' Curry). Elroy resides in the suburbs, far away from South Central Los Angeles. No sooner has he relocated his son than Deebo escapes. Tagging along with Deebo on the wrong end of an ankle shackle is another reluctant inmate, Tyrone (Sticky Fingaz) who slows our towering villain down, especially when Deebo steals a bike.Deebo forces Tyrone to phone Craig's father and warn him that Craig is in trouble. Smuggling themselves in the back of Mr. Jones' animal control track (a clever metaphor for Deebo) Deebo and Tyrone ride out to the posh Rancho Cucuamonga where Uncle Elroy lives. Meanwhile, Craig finds life just as chaotic with his nouveau riche relatives. He dodges Elroy's oversexed wife Suga (Kym E. Whitley) and hangs out with his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps of "All About The Benjamins"). Day-Day drives a new BMW and works in a record shop. Craig discovers a voluptuous Hispanic honey, Karla (Lisa Rodriguez), who lives at the house next door but tangles with her three Latino gangster brothers when he tries to steal their drug money to pay the unpaid property taxes on Uncle Elroy's crib."Next Friday" is just as rude, crude, and lewd as "Friday." Mr. Jones still has drafty bowel movement moments and has dog-do smeared across his back during most of the movie. Unfortunately, producer Ice Cube and freshman director Steve Carr screw up "Next Friday." They squander too many good characters. First, Deebo spends too much time out of sight in the dog pound truck. Lister almost but doesn't quite compensate for Tucker's absence. Second, Craig gets nowhere with Karla, and she drops out of sight inexplicably after the cops have arrested her brothers. Third, everything in "Next Friday" is a predictable retread of "Friday," but on a grander scale with less inspiration and no gun control messages.

MightyCorjin I guess this appealed to me because I have a "ghetto" side that rarely gets out. Ice Cube turns in a so-so performance, but Mike Epps shines like them "20s" he says he keeps clean. The storyline doesn't skip that much of a beat, and the new characters are especially funny (a record store owner comes to mind). The gag jokes are just about non-stop, as the movie plays on just about every stereotype concerning the suburbs "Friday" was a great movie, but don't sleep on this just one because it's a sequel. The few things that kept this movie at a 9:a. No Chris Tucker (Mike Epps fills the gap well, but even a quick cameo would've been nice). b. Craig's sister, played by the beautiful Regina King, goes off to college, never to be seen again (mentioned briefly). c. Carla didn't lose the top!!! I was waiting for that so much when I first saw this! d. The three females toward the end didn't do the same!!! DAMN!!!Still, a great movie to laugh your ass off to. SAY IT AGAIN!!!

michaelsibley416 Going into this movie, I was thinking "Next Friday" was at best going to be a decent film, but I was wrong. This movie is so bad it does not deserve my attention and time it takes to write the review. It is filled of dialogue that really is not appropriate.I'm sorry Ice Cube had his name attached to this film in more than one capacity as actor and director because he really has talent. My suggestion for Ice Cube is to choose acting or music and stick with it because this performance doesn't show how good he can be."Next Friday" is a film that should have gone directly to video because that is where it belongs. I can't believe the studios allowed it to be shown in theaters.

MichaelOates Going into this movie, I was thinking "Next Friday" was at best going to be a decent film, but I was wrong. This movie is so bad it does not deserve my attention and time it takes to write the review. It is filled of dialogue that really is not appropriate.I'm sorry Ice Cube has his name attached to this film in more than one capacity as actor and director because he really has talent. My suggestion for Ice Cube is to choose acting or music and stick with it because this performance doesn't show how good he can be."Next Friday" is a film that should have gone directly to video because that is where it belongs. I can't believe the studios allowed it to be shown in theaters.