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Queen Latifah lends her comic sparkle to The Cookout, a new comedy she also helped conceive. Todd Anderson (Quran Pender) becomes a first draft pick in professional basketball and starts spend...( read more  read more... )ing like there's no tomorrow; he buys a car, diamonds for his golddigging girlfriend (Meagan Good), and a huge house in a gated community. But though his life has been turned upside down, his family hasn't--and when everyone assembles in his new ritzy neighborhood for a celebratory cook-out, chaos follows. The Cookout is loaded with charismatic performers, such as Jenifer Lewis (Juwanna Mann) as Todd's no-nonsense mother, Eve (Barbershop) as his former best friend, Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) as a new neighbor, and the aforementioned Latifah (Bringing Down the House) as an over-ambitious security guard. Unfortunately, the underdeveloped script gives them little to do and nowhere to go. Many lessons are learned, but few laughs are had. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 97 min.

Directed by: Lance Rivera

Release Date: September 3, 2004

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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005

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  • clooneyfan
    August 29, 2007
    clooneyfan
    Every black stereotype you can imagine.
  • flbeachboy
    November 12, 2009
    flbeachboy
    This wasn't one of the best but it was alright and had a few funny parts in it
  • sapho50
    September 29, 2009
    sapho50
    would like to see it, looks like my type of movie.
  • laurabraniganfan1
    September 13, 2009
    laurabraniganfan1
    I originally saw this because of Queen Latifah, but was intriqued to see Farrah Fawcett play Danny Glovers wife! A really funny movie with all the stereo types! Farrah's last big screen film.
  • shellygurl347
    September 10, 2009
    shellygurl347
    Had no interest in the film when I read the description but I am so glad that I ended up watching it when it came on. So funny.
  • JeffersonB
    May 24, 2009
    JeffersonB
    Rich Basketball Player
  • horsegurl162004
    May 19, 2009
    horsegurl162004
    A cookout goes wrong and it is up too the secruty to save the day
  • edmeyer83
    April 23, 2009
    edmeyer83
    Caught this on tv - surprisingly pretty funny...
  • mstweety620
    March 27, 2009
    mstweety620
    Funny and good music
  • robinh4
    October 19, 2008
    robinh4
    It's not that bad of a movie. But, I suggest watching it, when you're really bored.

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