Next Friday

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Next Friday

R

2000

1h 39m

Comedy

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Craig bails his friend out of trouble, survives a climactic 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 son's safety, Craig's father sends his son to live with Uncle Elroy. However, Craig soon learns that trouble can find you no matter where you live.

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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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/26/2010

2/5

Lazy, dumb, and misogynistic.

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Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

01/01/2000

1.5/4

Most of the humor is about as fresh as the air left behind whenever Witherspoon uses a toilet.

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Tom Keogh

Film.com

01/01/2000

Next Friday will eventually be remembered as a disposable farce, but one that leaves a happy memory.

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

02/16/2021

2/5

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.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

04/13/2019

3/5

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.

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Film Threat

12/06/2005

1.5/5

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Gabriel M

@Anonymous12 Jan 26

While this sequel isn’t for everyone along with some fans of the first, I enjoyed it. However I agree, this is when the comedic tone and stuff gets lost and it’s not on the same as the original 1995 movie. Chris Tucker didn’t return because of money, the real reason is because his parents were very religious. This sequel however definitely pushes the NC-17 rating level as Craig’s Uncle named "Elroy" has sex toys in his house.

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Jose R

@RT76870568 Nov 27

Corny. Movie consists of desperate one liners that fail. Plot is mediocre and implausible.

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TROYS S

@RT46347260 Jun 7

Worst of the trilogy but still pretty funny and good.

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Rehan T

@RT81460504 May 24

Absolute banger of a movie...

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Joseph A

@RT48021796 03/26/2025

Amazing Movie! This was a must watch

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r96 s

@RT00952237 03/06/2025

'Next Friday' disappoints, which isn't a surprise given the absence of Chris Tucker. The first film worked because of the two lead actors, so taking out one (esp. Tucker) was always going to make a sequel fall flat; especially without finding an adequate replacement. Ice Cube is OK and is the best part, if only via a process of elimination. Mike Epps didn't do it for me, his character is annoying. Of the newbies, Kym Whitley is the only one that comes close to working. Lisa Rodríguez's Karla is woefully written, as are the entire "Jokers" to be honest.

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Synopsis

Craig bails his friend out of trouble, survives a climactic 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 son's safety, Craig's father sends his son to live with Uncle Elroy. However, Craig soon learns that trouble can find you no matter where you live.

Director: Steve Carr
Producer: Ice Cube
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
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)