Friday After Next (2002)
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25% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(128,126 ratings)
The gang from Friday and Next Friday are back in this urban comedy, in which Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) have finally moved out of their respective parents' homes and gotten an apartment together. However, a bogus neighborhood Santa Claus (Rickey Smiley) decides to help Craig and… More The gang from Friday and Next Friday are back in this urban comedy, in which Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) have finally moved out of their respective parents' homes and gotten an apartment together. However, a bogus neighborhood Santa Claus (Rickey Smiley) decides to help Craig and Day-Day share the wealth by robbing their apartment, and when he rips off their stereo, he also makes off with their rent money, which was hidden in the speaker cabinets. Desperate to make rent and have some money for Christmas presents, Craig and Day-Day land jobs at a local strip mall, where their fathers, Mr. Jones (John Witherspoon) and Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry), have gone into business together running a barbecue joint. Craig and Day-Day are installed as security guards, and while Craig tries to make time with Donna (K.D. Aubert), a saleswoman at the Pimp N' Ho's Boutique, and keep things orderly at Holy Moly's Doughnut Shop, Day-Day attempts to transform himself into a master of crime-fighting, which causes a lot more problems than it solves. Friday After Next is the first feature film from director Marcus Raboy, who previously directed music videos for Sting, Li'l Kim, Staind, and Friday After Next star Ice Cube. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marcus Raboy
- Written By
- Ice Cube, D.J. Pooh
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 22, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
This is a terrible movie, one of the worst comedies of the year.
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Mike Clark, USA Today
Frenetic but not really funny.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
You'd have to be applying pretty loose critical standards to describe Friday After Next ... as a good movie, but in the coming weeks it may certainly prove a useful one.
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Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Friday movies are a lot like an African-American version of Seinfeld; they're really about nothing. And if you can appreciate the cultural dislocation of their urban California milieu, same as Seinfeld, they can be funny as hell.
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Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
The jokes are sophomoric, stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious.
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Cast
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Ice Cube
as Craig Jones
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Mike Epps
as Day-Day Jones
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Starletta DuPois
as Sister Sarah
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Anna Maria Horsford
as Mrs. Jones
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Joel McKinnon Miller
as Officer Hole
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Clifton Powell
as Pinky
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John Witherspoon
as Mr. Jones
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Bebe Drake
as Ms. Pearly
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Sommore
as Cookie
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Don "DC" Curry
as Uncle Elroy Jones
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Terry Crews
as Damon
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Maz Jobrani
as Moly
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Rickey Smiley
as Santa Claus
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Reggie Gaskins
as Officer Dix
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Katt Williams
as Money Mike
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K.D. Aubert
as Donna
