Chris Rock,
Allen Payne,
Deezer D,
Chris Elliott,
Phil Hartman
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Comedian Chris Rock stars in this scattershot satire of rap music in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap. This film within a film begins with A. White (Chris Elliot) screening a rough cut of a documentary ... read more
DVD Release Date: January 14, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (514)
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February 3, 2011Watch Fear of a Black Hat instead. Because it's actually funny. And relevant. Even if you don't like rap. Especially if you like rap.
Leave it to Chris Rock to take a great concept and ensure there's not a single laugh-out-loud moment in the whole film, even with Phil Hartman o... read more -
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May 6, 2009Dang, is Chris Rock my fave actor??? I love comedy, and I love hip-hop, so mixing the two makes this a classic. So many scenes in this movie are worth talking about but I will just say that the "sex (comparision) scenes" and the funeral scenes, along with Charlie Murphy, really... read more
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June 7, 2008I saw this movie as a kid and saw someone get arrested during the actual showing of the movie in the theater.
I'd love to watch it again now that I have been around a lot of hip hop. -
July 7, 2007Hahahaha.....My oldest brother was able to see this movie when it came out and left the rest of wondering what the hell was soo funny. Then when i saw it, i didnt get the jokes right away....watching it now im glad i've grown up.
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April 28, 2007Extremely vulgar without ever being all that funny. Recommended only if you want to take a 90-minute bath in filth.
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April 16, 2007A spoof on gangsta rap music groups. Namely NWA. Chris Rock is hilarious and they do make some good points. If you like this one check out "Fear of a black hat".
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March 10, 2007Hilarious rapumentary that seemed to be the answer to eock from Wayne's World. Everyone was pretty hilarious except for the father and the girlfriend, in which they played their parts pretty well also, to keep everything grounded. A lot of great one liners, especially when Dead... read more
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February 1, 2007Funny comedy in the same arena as "Spinal Tap", with all kinds of cameo's and funny songs to keep you entertained...and did we mention Chris Rock???
Critic Reviews
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff, Variety
March 31, 2008
David Ansen, Newsweek
Torn between celebration and sendup, CB4 misses its big target as often as it hits. Full Review
September 7, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times
CB4 promises sharper satire than it actually delivers. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
There's an unexpected innocence mixed in here that helps to blunt the pointed raunchiness (and political incorrectness) of the subject. Full Review
August 20, 2008
Film4
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. Full Review
December 17, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
CB4 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. Full Review
December 6, 2005
Brad Laidman, Film Threat
An amusing look at the early days of the gangsta rappers. Full Review
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