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Foolish

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Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) is trying to get his career as a stand-up comic off the ground, while his older brother, Quentin (Master P), better known as the criminal "Fifty Dollah," has his own problems. The siblings receive maternal advice from their caring grandma (Marla Gibbs) and try to improve their lives, but they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree (Amy Petersen) appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her.

Critics Reviews

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Scott Tobias AV Club 08/03/2009
The miserable production values-the cardboard sets rival a Little Rascals talent show-and P's stone-faced delivery are merely amateurish, but as a vanity project for Griffin, Foolish is downright appalling. Go to Full Review Variety 08/03/2009
A strange combination of urban melodrama and comedy concert film. Go to Full Review Anita Gates New York Times 01/01/2000
2/5
The film loses complete credibility when the audiences at the comedy clubs where Foolish works go wild with delight, way out of proportion to the hilarity of the material. And Foolish is just a little too smug about his artistic integrity. Go to Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 08/03/2009
1.5/4
Eddie Griffin buffs have the best reason to check out this amateurish effort: Griffin's profane, sometimes sharply observed stand-up routines take up a big chunk of the movie's total running time. Go to Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
2/5
Griffin's few sparks onstage are not worth the wait. Go to Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/20/2007
0/4
Simpleminded melodrama about two brothers' conflicting struggles to better their lives. Oops, not only did I describe the story, I just gave the entire story away. Sorry. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Adiya A 08/24/2024 It was a really nice movie. Very instructive. I really liked it. I will watch it again later. I also love the little details in the movie. Thank you See more Bahad j 08/03/2024 The idea behind this movie moved me a lot, but it was a movie with really satisfying expectations See more Bulgantamir B 08/03/2024 So interesting nice movie See more Бавуу Э 08/02/2024 Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) is trying to get his career as a stand-up comic off the ground, while his older brother, Quentin (Master P), better known as the criminal "Fifty Dollah," has his own problems. The siblings receive maternal advice from their caring grandma (Marla Gibbs) and try to improve their lives, but they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree (Amy Petersen) appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her. See more Geke g 07/30/2024 Its the best movie about american rap industry See more 07/22/2016 The standup wasn't the worst, but the rest of the movie is unfunny and incoherent. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Dave Meyers

Director

Eddie Griffin

Miles 'Foolish' Waise

Master P

Quentin 'Fifty Dollah' Waise

Amie Petersen

Desiree

Frank Sivero

Giovanni

Daphne Duplaix

Clarisse

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Movie Info

Synopsis Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) is trying to get his career as a stand-up comic off the ground, while his older brother, Quentin (Master P), better known as the criminal "Fifty Dollah," has his own problems. The siblings receive maternal advice from their caring grandma (Marla Gibbs) and try to improve their lives, but they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree (Amy Petersen) appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her.
Director
Dave Meyers
Producer
Jonathan Heuer, Andrew Shack
Screenwriter
Master P
Distributor
Artisan Entertainment
Production Co
Shooting Star Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 9, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.0M
Runtime
1h 36m