Next Friday

R

Released Jan 12, 2000

1 hr. 39 min.

Comedy

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21%

66 Reviews

Tomatometer

76%

100,000+ Ratings

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Craig (Ice Cube) bails his friend out of trouble, survives a climatic confrontation with Debo, the neighborhood bully, and ends up with the girl. In "Next Friday" the bully is back as Debo, who spent two years behind bars, is released from prison. Fearing for his sons safety, Craig's father (John Witherspoon) sends his son to live with Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry). However, Craig soon learns that trouble can find you no matter where you live.

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Critics Consensus

Next Friday lacks the fun of the original Friday. The movie is messy and plotless and relies on unfunny vulgar gags.

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Daniel M

Forgot how much I loved this movie back in the day. Just as good as the first IMO with characters that were just as enjoyable as the first movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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d h

Somehow they managed to make a pretty funny sequel without one of the two main characters. Deydey is a funny sidekick.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Andre G

Not as good as the first. Still really hilarious. This movie could have been the funniest movie ever made if Chris Tucker was in it too.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/17/23

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Audience Member

Best movie out of the three

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

This was absolutely hilarious! Just as funny as the first one in my opinion. Definitely worth a watch if you liked "Friday!" Being very familiar with Rancho Cucamonga, the fact that it's set there was just a bonus.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Written by Ice Cube and directed by Steve Carr, who also worked with Cube on Are We There Yet?, Next Friday made $60 million off an $11 million budget, defying critics who hated the films — again, much lilke Cheech and Chong. When Deebo escapes from prison to get revenge on Craig, Craig's father Willie moves him to Rancho Cucamonga to live with his uncle Elroy (Don D.C. Curry), who has just won the lottery, and cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps). Day-Day makes a decent replacement for Smoky, as Chris Tucker didn't come back for the second movie as he became a born again Christian. Beyond dealing with the threat of an escaped Deebo, now Craig and Day-Day must avoid baby mamas, a gang called the Jokers and try to keep Day-Day's record store job. While the move to the suburbs offers some fun joke, Tucker's prescence is definitely missed. Then again, I find myself loving that Ice Cube is so loveable in these films, particularly after albums like "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" in which he unleashed venomous hatred on nearly every ethnicity and human being within the reach of his booming voice.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Steve Carr

Director

Ice Cube

Craig Jones

Mike Epps

Day-Day Jones

Justin Pierce

Roach

John Witherspoon

Mr. Jones

Don "D.C." Curry

Uncle Elroy Jones

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Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Lazy, dumb, and misogynistic.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 26, 2010

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Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C+

Jan 12, 2000

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

While outwardly amusing, with plenty of scatological and farcical gags, it is an example of the kind of diminishing sequel that the early 2000's would deliver in spades.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 16, 2021

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Sadly, Epps's effort to replace Tucker as Cube's sidekick only downgrades the sequel. Otherwise, Next Friday has more of everything -- More importantly, however, Next Friday packs in more gags than the original.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 13, 2019

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Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Synopsis

Craig (Ice Cube) bails his friend out of trouble, survives a climatic confrontation with Debo, the neighborhood bully, and ends up with the girl. In "Next Friday" the bully is back as Debo, who spent two years behind bars, is released from prison. Fearing for his sons safety, Craig's father (John Witherspoon) sends his son to live with Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry). However, Craig soon learns that trouble can find you no matter where you live.

Director: Steve Carr
Executive Producer: Ice Cube, Michael Gruber, Claire Rudnick Polstein
Screenwriter: Ice Cube, Ice Cube, DJ Pooh
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Cubevision
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.2M
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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