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It's Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) has just gotten fired for stealing cardboard boxes. To make matters worse, rent is due, he hates his overbearing girlfriend, Joi (Paula Jai Parker), and his best friend, Smokey (Chris Tucker), owes the local drug dealer money -- and that's all before lunch. As the hours drag on, Jones and Smokey experience the gamut of urban life, complete with crackheads, shoot-outs and overly sexual pastors, concentrated into one single, unbelievable Friday.
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What Friday might lack in taut construction or directorial flair, it more than makes up with its vibrant (albeit consistently crass) humor and the charming, energetic performances of its leads.

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Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter While the character-driven script has a weakness for toilet humor (Mel Brooks would be proud), its inhabitants are given some oddball quirks and tics that keep things percolating when the plot development runs a little thin. Apr 26, 2019 Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune I knew the picture was in trouble when its first gag involved an old lady spewing obscenities. Rated: 1/4 Aug 16, 2017 Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Friday has energy, and sass, and the nerve to suggest that the line between tragedy and comedy may be in the bloodshot eye of the beholder. Rated: B Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Friday soars every time John Witherspoon (as Craig’s dad) is on screen, embarking on unstoppable improv jags about his job as a dog catcher. Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life This film is a laugh a minute and portrays realistic characters each of us can relate to. May 16, 2022 Full Review Anderson Jones Philadelphia Daily News Director F. Gary Gray chooses to develop tension in this often over-the-top farce in a very unfunny, almost baffling way. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 26, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Janet D This movie was probably hilarious in 1995, but now it's just overwrought, unfunny, and boring. So boring that I turned it off after about 15 minutes. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/31/25 Full Review Tom F Lots of fun stuff here, much of it has not aged well. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Hayleigh S. I love this movie so much Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/12/25 Full Review Gavinn R. Classic, hilarious, and memorable. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/06/25 Full Review Adli H I like ice cube for his musical work so I decided to check this movie out and it has some funny moments, some great moments and some great characters, making a great movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/05/25 Full Review CaptainBoulder T Fun movie, it's hilarious and I love the fact they stay in the same place the whole time Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) has just gotten fired for stealing cardboard boxes. To make matters worse, rent is due, he hates his overbearing girlfriend, Joi (Paula Jai Parker), and his best friend, Smokey (Chris Tucker), owes the local drug dealer money -- and that's all before lunch. As the hours drag on, Jones and Smokey experience the gamut of urban life, complete with crackheads, shoot-outs and overly sexual pastors, concentrated into one single, unbelievable Friday.
Director
F. Gary Gray
Producer
Patricia Charbonnet
Screenwriter
Ice Cube, DJ Pooh
Distributor
New Line Home Video [us], New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema
Rating
R (Drug Use|A Brutal Fight|Pervasive Strong Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$27.4M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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