Friday After Next

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Friday After Next

R

2002

1h 22m

Comedy

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Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmastime 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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/24/2010

3/5

Something to offend everyone.

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Scott Von Doviak

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

12/27/2002

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the 'hood, Friday fans were wishing the new sequel was good.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

11/25/2002

This is a terrible movie, one of the worst comedies of the year.

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

01/10/2016

3.5/5

you get what you've come to expect from the Friday movies

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

01/29/2009

1.5/4

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.

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

2/5

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Classic Christmas comedy loved this movie

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Dec 29

Funny in 01 hour, 24 minutes, and 30 seconds. The worldwide gross is $33,526,835.00 over a budget of $10,000,000.00.

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IIGIBB0II T

@RT58547592 Nov 10

One of the best teenage movies! Can't name a better one :)

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TROYS S

@RT46347260 06/07/2025

The soundtrack was a step down from the previous films. The storyline was flimsy but the last 15-20 minutes were fun and the various Santa beatdowns were great.

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Rehan T

@RT81460504 05/24/2025

Absolute banger of a movie...

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Dan L

@RT84209984 03/10/2025

Most of these so-called movie critics, lack a sense of humor. Great movie

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Marcus Raboy

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Craig Jones

Mike Epps

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Willie Jones

Anna Maria Horsford

Mrs. Jones

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Synopsis

Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmastime 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, Cubevision, Avery Pix
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)