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Friday After Next

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

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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

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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 Andre G Not as good as the other two. Still has some very funny parts. I wish Smoky would come back for one. With him, Ice Cube, and Mike Epps altogether would be hilarious. Wishful thinking! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Written by Ice Cube and directed by Marcus Raboy, the third Friday movie again was rejected by critics and embraced by the audience that it was made for. It starts on Christmas Eve as a thief breaks into the home of Craig (Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps), stealing everything they've bought for their family and friends. Also — the rent is due and if they don't get it soon, their landlady is going to unleash her just released from jail son Damon (Terry Crews) on them and in a violently loving fashion, if you get what I'm saying. The setting in this sequel moves from the suburbs to a strip mall, a place where their fathers — Willie (John Witherspoon) and Elroy (Don D.C. Curry) — have started a BBQ place so good you'll slap your mother. It's also where Money Mike (Katt Williams) and his main girl Donna (K.D. Aubert) have started the store Pimps and Hoes. Obviously, by the third movie you're just hoping for more hangout time with the leads and less expecting a groundbreaking effort. That said, this is a goofball bit of harmless fun, a good holiday movie to throw on if you're sick of the same films every December and makes me hope that we get one more of these movies. Somehow, I never saw a single one of these movies before, but I must confess, they made a nice break this week, a breezy bit of fun and light laughs in the midst of dark times. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Keshon L this is funny i laugh again,and again this movie kinda takes a while to get to its point it happens at the end but its fine i don't know why they freinds with pinky still after that fight in the last movie director probably didn't watch the last one but its fine the characters are fun the villain is fun,its just a really funny movie with the tiny guy and the character good lord there good just all of them are funny.i the shops they are creative i lvoe willy and everybody there are great jsut a amazing film the final battle is great with a chase in the middle of movie was great mike epps great like all ways.ice cube is fun just a really fun movie it really does not feel like a christmas movie sometimes but its fun amazing.this is a underrated gem!!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/19/22 Full Review Audience Member It's intermittently funny, the actors are game and it has two fun chase scenes but Friday After Next's stale jokes, weaker premise, wackier tone and a replacement villain who is nowhere near as intimidating as his predecessor make this Christmas sequel the worst film in the trilogy. And any chances for Friday to end properly with Last Friday are now officially over thanks to the project being cancelled due to Chris Tucker no longer feeling comfortable returning to roles such as his iconic Smokey and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.'s death. Sometimes, too many circumstances beyond your control occur and you have no choice but to throw in the towel. But at least you can say the first film will always remain a comedy classic. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 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)
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