Product Details

• Actors: Ice Cube, Tamala Jones, Justin Pierce, Mike Epps, Don 'D.C.' Curry
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000065K3A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,726 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Ice Cube wrote and stars as Craig in this sequel to Friday, which he also wrote. His nemesis from that film, neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.), has just escaped from county jail and is out to get revenge. To protect Craig, Craig's father (John Witherspoon) sends his son to stay with his Uncle Elroy (Don "DC" Curry), who won the lottery and bought a house in Rancho Cucamonga. Craig expects the suburbs to be dull, but no sooner has he arrived than conflicts arise: The neighbors are hostile hoods, his cousin's girlfriend is out for blood and child support, and the house is about to be seized because of unpaid taxes. It's up to Craig and his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps) to solve these problems before the day is over. It's a rambling, loose movie, but a genuinely entertaining one. Ice Cube doesn't write punch lines--though funny lines abound. He writes richly comic characters that speak in virtual arias of bragging, complaining, and scamming. Sure, some of the characters are stereotypes and many of the jokes are about drugs and scatology--but that's been the basis of humor since Plautus and Molière. The rhythmic energy of Ice Cube's dialogue and the easy charisma of his performance make Next Friday thoroughly enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Friday, July 22, 2002

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Jeffrey Leeper "kem2070" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Next Friday [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The events of this movie take place after Craigs fight with Debo. Ice Cube explains what most of the characters from the last movie are doing now (like Smokey being in rehab). The premise for this story is that Debo has escaped from jail and now wants revenge. To protect his son, Craigs father takes him to the suburbs to live with his oversexed brother and his son until things calm down.

There is plenty of drug use and another theft in this one. This doesnt make it a bad movie, but following the formula of the last movie does not work for this one. Too many of the same gags are recycled for this movie, which means you already have an idea of what is going to happen throughout the movie. Craigs dad is funny, but there is only so much fart humor you can take.

I would recommend giving this movie a skip and watching Friday over and over again.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Next, please, April 5, 2000

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Paul Freebury (Reading, England) - See all my reviews

Friday was a cult hit, by far the best ghetto flick so far (or at least joint with Menace II Society) and a greatly subtle parody. Then along came another...

Next Friday, lacking Smokey, was always going to be a film that by no means could attain the level of its predecessor. But, nonetheless it was a great laugh and did nearly reduce me and others in the audience to tears and aching sides at points. Still there were colourful characters and great comic situations that made the first a riot, just here to not quite a large degree. Cube's movement from ghetto to 'burbs was certainly a gamble, but I reckon it paid off so that this sequel didn't turn into merely a clone of the first to cash in on the success. The 'Ese' element prooved very comical, as did the dog, but there was a little too much of the "35, 45 minutes" gag that did begin to get annoying. Fans of the first will still like this one and for them it is well worth buying.

It did have one thing above the first - Cube's sex interest was one of the finest things on screen I've seen in a while, but maybe that's being a little bit too superficial.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first, January 19, 2006

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Chandler "Infamous" (Atlanta (College Park), Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Next Friday (DVD)

...but a decent sequel. (But hey? It's not often that the sequel is better than the prequel.) I was mad because alot of questions were not answered and the plot was not all that good. I wanted Craig (Ice Cube) to hook up with that girl next door. All she does is have a short convo with her and at the end she blows a kiss and thats the end. I believe thats pointless for Craig's Pops (Jon Witherspoon)drops him off in Rancho Cucamonga (I don't think I spelled it right) then turns around and picks him up. Its a funny movie, but not as good as the first though.