Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Friday After Next

Play trailer Poster for Friday After Next R Released Nov 22, 2002 1h 22m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
26% Tomatometer 72 Reviews 75% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Friday After Next

Friday After Next

What to Know

Critics Consensus

This Friday installment is more shapeless and stale than its predecessors.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View All (72) Critics Reviews
Nell Minow Common Sense Media Something to offend everyone. Rated: 3/5 Dec 24, 2010 Full Review Scott Von Doviak Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the 'hood, Friday fans were wishing the new sequel was good. Dec 27, 2002 Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper This is a terrible movie, one of the worst comedies of the year. Nov 25, 2002 Full Review Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies you get what you've come to expect from the Friday movies Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 10, 2016 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com It's become abundantly clear that series star/writer/producer Ice Cube hasn't a clue as to why the first Friday became such a beloved cult classic in the first place. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 29, 2009 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+) audience reviews
Oaklee D Didn't know how this instalment was going to play out seeing how it's a Christmas movie, but I was pleasantly surprised with how good it was. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review carl m Christmas tradition for about a little over a decade now for my siblings, Mama, and I to watch this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious movie through and through!! Good, entertaining storyline with great comedic delivery. Every moment has a quotable line. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/21/24 Full Review DennisFeinsteinCEO A certified hood classic! RIP to all the legends that helped make this franchise one of the best 🫡 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Daniel M It wasn't even close to the first two, but had a few funny moments. The characters in this movie weren't as entertaining as they were in the previous two. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review d h Meh. That's all. Pretty dry. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Friday After Next

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Next Friday 22% 76% Next Friday Watchlist Friday 77% 91% Friday Watchlist Detroit Rock City 51% 82% Detroit Rock City Watchlist Dream With the Fishes 61% 85% Dream With the Fishes Watchlist Run Ronnie Run! 71% 72% Run Ronnie Run! Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.
Director
Marcus Raboy
Producer
Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube
Screenwriter
Ice Cube, DJ Pooh, Ice Cube
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Avery Pix, Cubevision
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$33.0M
Runtime
1h 22m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
Most Popular at Home Now