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Foolish

Play trailer Poster for Foolish R Released Apr 9, 1999 1h 36m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club 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. Aug 3, 2009 Full Review Variety A strange combination of urban melodrama and comedy concert film. Aug 3, 2009 Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 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. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 3, 2009 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Griffin's few sparks onstage are not worth the wait. Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 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. Rated: 0/4 Jan 20, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Adiya A 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 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review Bahad j The idea behind this movie moved me a lot, but it was a movie with really satisfying expectations Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Bulgantamir B So interesting nice movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Бавуу Э 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. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/02/24 Full Review Geke g Its the best movie about american rap industry Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Audience Member The standup wasn't the worst, but the rest of the movie is unfunny and incoherent. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review 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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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