Ice Cube,
Chris Tucker,
Nia Long,
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister,
John Witherspoon
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Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborato... read more
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Release Date: April 26, 1995
DVD Release Date: March 2, 1999
Stats: 14,606 reviews
As far as "hood" films (the post 1970s predecessor to blaxploitation) go, this is one of the better and more entertaining ones. It's a buddy comedy all the way, yet it tries to do a little more and at least comment on larger issues affecting urban neighborhoods. It's not as preac... read more
A fun movie. Ice Cube and the rest are funny as hell. The jokes were funny, but I didn't laugh as much as I'd hoped. The plot was pointless, but aren't all stoner comedies. Overall a good movie, but comedy could've been better.
Will never get old! A comedy classic in my eyes.
Smokey: "I got mind control over Deebo. He be like "shut the fuck up." I be quiet. But when he leave, I be talking again." Friday is a fantastic comedy, but by the end you see it does have a message after all. This is the best Africa... read more
probably the funniest urban comedy ever made. the franchise may have completely fell apart after this film, but there are so many hilarious scenes in this film. john witherspoon is underrated and underappreciated as a comedic actor.
03/05/2010
You don't have to be a "weed head" to enjoy this flick and get a kick out of it!
Its been a while since I seen this and man, its still good.
Its quite a good film with funny moments, cheesy characters and a few moral values to keep it interesting.
Its a Classic for... read more
Friday is a really cheesy and crude movie, but I think that was the intention all along. While you can't really fall in love with it, there's nothing too distasteful about it to make it a bad movie. It feels like a light hearted version of Boyz in the Hood, essentially chroniclin... read more
A modern classic and a nice change from all the serious gangster films of that time. It's also very funny!
A crudely made, sometimes funny bit of porchfront humor from the 'hood. Full Review
This is a ruder, cruder version of the hip-hop movie House Party, and it offers a fascinating glimpse at the way street life enters pop culture. Full Review
Cube is amusing, though he's really playing straight man to Tucker's frenetic and energized Smokey. Full Review
Dirty, offensive, infantile and may launch a few sanctimonious opinion columns. And I mean that in the nicest way. Full Review
Writer and director are both only 25 years old -- and provide another example of why it's best to beware of young men with movie cameras. Full Review
Co-scriptwriters Ice Cube, DJ Pooh, and director F. Gary Gray find as much humor in well-observed detail as in the oddities of the film's world. Full Review
The original installment in the outrageous slacker trilogy starring Ice Cube. Full Review
A new generation of black talent (director Gray, actors Chris Tucker and Ice Cube) bring verve to this much welcome comedic view of street life in South Central, after mostly crime and drug pictures s... Full Review
Synthesizes blaxploitation and pot-comedy genres and melds them into a colossus of unending laughs. Full Review
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