Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780780608375 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0780608372 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: May 14, 1996 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 26, 1995 Sales Rank: 11205
Amazon.com: Friday is the rarest specimen of African American cinema: a 'hood movie refreshingly free of the semiseriousness and moralism of shoot 'em up soaps such as Boyz N the Hood, yet still true to the inner-city experience.
Scripted by rapper Ice Cube, Friday is a no-frills tale of a typical day in the life of a pair of African American youth in South Central. Cube plays Craig, a frustrated teen who endures the ultimate humiliation: getting fired on his day off. Then unknown Chris Tucker plays Smokey, a marijuana-worshipping homeboy whose love for the green stuff lands him in predicament after predicament.
Sitting on the stoop of Craig's rundown home, the two hilariously confront a kaleidoscopic array of gangbangers, weed dealers, crack heads, prostitutes, scheming girlfriends, and neighborhood bullies--all of whom, it should be noted, come off as sympathetic even as they are being caricatured, a true achievement in the crass, "booty call" environment of '90s African American comedy. --Ethan Brown
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Rating: - Friday
I received the DVD in excellent shape.It was new and in its jacket. When viewed the picture quality was excellent.
Rating: - ICE CUBE CHRIS TUCKER FRIDAY MOVIE REVEIW
I THINK FRIDAY IS A GREAT MOVIE THIS IS ICE CUBES BEST FLIM HES EVER DONE
ANYWAY CHRIS TUCKER IS SO FUNNNY I THINK HES THE BEST ACTOR IN THIS MOVIE
I LIKE NIA LONG ALSO IN THIS FUNNY FLIM I ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent dvd
Friday's one of those great cult classic movies of our time. It's hilarious. One to be enjoyed always.
Rating: - Movie Review - FRIDAY
I enjoyed this movie so much. I laughed until I hurt. Chris Tucker was just as funny with his movie debut in Friday as he was in other movies; Money Talks, Rush Hour, etc. This movie also brought out acting ... Read More
Rating: - Chris Tucker's best R rated performance
When I was 14, I first saw Friday and almost choked from laughter. The script by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh is right on target with it's ghetto humor. Another plus point for the film is it doesn't stereotype. But it's ... Read More
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