 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Next Friday
- Review Date: May 19, 2003
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
Lazy, dumb, and misogynistic.
Parents say
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Kids say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is extremely raunchy and includes just about every kind of material except for graphic violence that parents try to keep away from kids. Parents whose kids do see this movie should at least try to talk with them about the portrayal of women (either sexual predators, compliant bimbos or terrifying harridans) and minorities and drugs as a way to bond and to escape worries.
What's the story?
This is the sequel to Friday, in which Craig (played by rap star Ice Cube, who co-wrote the screenplay) spent the day smoking pot and beat up the neighborhood bully. Also written by and starring Ice Cube, NEXT FRIDAY has the bully breaking out of prison and looking for revenge. Craig goes off to the suburbs to stay with his uncle, who bought a house with money he won in a lottery. Craig again spends the day smoking pot -- with his Uncle Elroy and Elroy's sexually rapacious girlfriend, and with Elroy's son Day-Day and his friend from work (before they get fired). When they have to raise $3600 to pay off delinquent property taxes, it never occurs to them to earn it or to go to the bank to get a home equity loan. No, clearly the best choice is to steal it from some vicious Latino drug dealers across the street.
Is it any good?
On the one hand, Next Friday is a lazy, dumb, and misogynistic and it promotes pot smoking, unemployment, and burglary. On the other hand, it is genial and unpretentious. If it does not take drug use, crime, racism, and sexism too seriously, it does not take itself too seriously either. Almost every joke in the movie is taken from another movie, but the cast enjoys them so much that they occasionally make it work.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the portrayal of women (either sexual predators, compliant bimbos or terrifying harridans) and minorities and drugs as a way to bond and to escape worries.
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Not as funny as the first "Friday"
"Next Friday" has all of your favorite characters from the original "Friday", except for Smokey (Chris Tucker), which may be why this don't have the charm of the first "Friday" movie. "Next Friday" isn't a very good comedy. The jokes aren't very good, and at times, they are so cliqued that it's hard to watch. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone but the die-hard fans of the first "Friday" movie. As for questionable content, there is lots and lots of profanity including f**k, n***a, s**t, b***h, p***y, and others. The is a fight scene near the end which is played for laughs then violence. There is a couple scenes of people smoking weed, and one feeds it to a dog (the dog is okay in the end). There is foreplay, off screen sex, characters grabbing woman's breasts, sex toys, and many characters are misogynistic.
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raunchy movie,hilarious
Funny as heck! Loved it.
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this movie
this movie was great!i love all the Friday movies.this is the sequel.there is tons of language and several scenes of people smoking weed.but i don't care about that because words are just words so i don't think language should bother anyone but it does bother some people and the whole weed thing doesn't bother me because i know not to do it.this movie is good.i am 14 and i would not let anyone under 14 see it.
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Iffy
I see this movie, why I say it's off for 16 & under because there is things that Younger Audience should not see for example there is a lot of Bad Language for example the 4-Letter Words (f--k & s--t) there where many of those words.
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| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Director: | Steve Carr |
| Cast: | Ice Cube, Justin Pierce, Mike Epps |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 98 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | January 12, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | June 6, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | strong language, drug use and sexual content |
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