LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Gavin Purtell 'Top Five' is Chris Rock's third directorial effort - and it is better than 'Head of State'! I love Rock as a stand-up comedian, but I feel like he still hasn't quite got it all together in terms of acting/directing. This is by no means a bad film - it's just not his, or anyone involved, best work. It's partially-autobiographical: comedian turns actor, cashes in on simple family-friendly films, gets pigeon-holed, tries to branch out into 'serious' films, flops. In reality, it's almost an Eddie Murphy biopic - hugely successful comedian, drug/alcohol issues, simple family-friendly films ('The Nutty Professor', 'Doctor Dolittle', 'Shrek'), then 'serious' films ('Dreamgirls', 'A Thousand Words').Andre (Rock) starts off as an unlikeable, self-obsessed celebrity, engaged to an even more unlikable reality-TV "star" (Union), but is interviewed by Chelsea (Dawson) for an article and lets his guard down. The two of them conversing are some of the better scenes, as Dawson is such a great disarming actress - impossible to not love. You get some (hopefully not based too much on reality) anecdotes and a few funny moments. There's room for plenty of good actors/friends-of-Rock's - Smoove, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, Romany Malco, Kevin Hart, Adam Sandler & Jerry Seinfeld - but none of them get enough time to do anything too funny/great.The eponymous "top five" is the question Rock asks others to see who their favourite rappers are - purportedly to 'test' their credibility. I wish Rock has focussed a little more on his top five attributes - being funny, multiplied by five! The film has a decent romantic angle and a good ending, but it not great, nor poor.

Prismark10 Top Five is written, directed and stars Chris Rock as Andre Allen. It is a one note idea where he plays a stand up comic, a former drunk who has had box office success with some silly comedy films. He is due to get married to a high profile reality television star and promoting a serious film about Haitian rebels which is heading for flopsville.Allen accepts an interview with the New York Times, Rosario Dawson who plays the junior reporter and they walk and talk about his career from his early hell raising days to the present. It is not helped that the Times main entertainment correspondent hates Allen's movies with a passion.The fact that Rock plays a character called Andre Allen and it seems semi autobiographical brings to mind Woody Allen. Maybe this is Rock's attempt to do Stardust Memories or Annie Hall mixed with Before Midnight as Dawson and Rock just converse and get on well with each other.I just found the film dragged, uneven in tone and not too funny although I did smirk at a few places. There are some star cameos nearer the end of the film as Rock ropes in some old pals.Even when Rock does some stand up at the end of the film, it is made to look so unnatural that you think that Rock should had got someone else in who is more competent to direct this. It is messy and self indulgent which relies too much on guttural humour when Rock hypocritically wants to pass himself off as an artiste.

kosmasp Still while Stand Up comedians have a tough time translating onto the big screen, this is a pretty decent effort. Helped by the ever beautiful and talented Rosario Dawson. The fact that Chris Rock kind of plays himself helps too. Why they chose the title is explained during the running time of the movie, though you'd still expect this to have a different title than what characters ask themselves (list wise).The jokes keep coming and the viewer is like a spectator of "reality TV show". That's how it feels, but in a good sense. As in "a day in the life of ...". And he even does a short stand up routine. There's bonus material of that in the extras of the Disc. Not the best comedy there is, but more than a decent effort

leonblackwood Review: This movie felt more like a documentary than a feature film because it's about Chris Rock going around New York with a journalist before he's due to get married to his money hungry girlfriend. Whilst going around New York introducing his family and friends to the journalist, he questions his ability to be a comedian because a lot of his previous work was done when he was an alcoholic. He decides to take on a serious film about slavery but it doesn't really go down well with his fans. With all of the pressure of stardom surrounding him, Chris Rock finds his true self when he sees the comedians on stage and the laughter from the audience makes him feel right at home. Personally, I really didn't find this movie that funny and a lot of the script is totally pointless. You can definitely tell that Chris Rock wrote and directed this movie because of the usual black jokes and the whole top five rappers of all time theme but the film felt like it was going nowhere right from the beginning. I've always found Chris Rocks comedy quite annoying, along with his squeaky voice, so I should have known what to expect before I watched it. I liked the fact that he brought loads of other comedians into the project and the scenes with his family were quite funny but I was expecting much better from a comedian that has been in the game since the early 80's. Disappointing!Round-Up: Although I didn't really enjoy this film, it's always good to see a man make a profit in the tough movie world. At the unbelievable age of 50, Chris Rocks acting career started in 1985 in a movie called Krush Groove, as a person just standing in the street and then he progressed to actually having lines in Beverly Hills Cop II in 1987 with his idol, Eddie Murphy. He then had a brief appearance in Miami Vice in '87 and then he had a role in the very funny I'm Gonna Git You Sucka in '88. If your into black cinema then you will remember him as Pookie in New Jack City in '91 and then his acting career blossomed whilst still going around the clubs performing his stand-up. At the age when black cinema was booming, he starred alongside his idol Eddie Murphy again in Boomerang and played the lead in the funny CB4 which was a comedy that was based on the group NWA. After that he added his voice to Dr. Dolittle as Rodney the gerbil and he had a major role in Lethal Weapon 4 and Dogma. In 2000 he starred alongside Morgan Freeman in Nurse Betty and he played the lead in the disappointing Down to Earth, which didn't go down well with audiences but he bounced back in the popular Pootie Tang, which I found really amusing and he starred alongside Anthony Hopkins in Bad Company. He then starred alongside the late, great Bernie Mac in the disappointing Head of State in 2003, which he also directed and he starred alongside his long time friend Adam Sandler in the Longest Yard. After that he decided to turn to animation and he voiced Marty in the popular Madagascar franchise before directing I Think I Love My Wife in 2007, which I was quite disappointed with. After another Madagascar movie, he narrated Everybody Hates Chris from 2005-2009 and he teamed up with Adam Sandler again in the Grown Ups franchise, which I didn't really find that funny. He also starred alongside some funny stand-up comedians like Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan and Kevin Hart in Death at a Funeral and he played the lead in the disappointing 2 Days in New York and What to Expect When Your Expecting after releasing another Madagascar and Grown Ups movie, that finally brings you up to date to this film. You can definitely tell that he has had an amazing career that has grossed over $2Billion at the box office. He didn't take the easiest route to stardom but at 50 years old, he really does have a lot to look back on, in terms of the amount of work he has dedicated to cinema. My hat goes of to him! Budget: $12million Worldwide Gross: $25.5millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their comedy/romance movies about a comedian whose been followed around by a journalist to discuss why he has turned to serious films after being a comedian for so many years. 3/10