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Friday After Next

R

Released Nov 22, 2002

1h 22m

Comedy

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26%

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72 Reviews

75%

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100,000+ Ratings

Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.

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Critics Consensus

This Friday installment is more shapeless and stale than its predecessors.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Something to offend everyone.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Scott Von Doviak

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the 'hood, Friday fans were wishing the new sequel was good.

Dec 27, 2002

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

This is a terrible movie, one of the worst comedies of the year.

Nov 25, 2002

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

you get what you've come to expect from the Friday movies

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 10, 2016

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

It's become abundantly clear that series star/writer/producer Ice Cube hasn't a clue as to why the first Friday became such a beloved cult classic in the first place.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 29, 2009

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Daniel M

It wasn't even close to the first two, but had a few funny moments. The characters in this movie weren't as entertaining as they were in the previous two.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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d h

Meh. That's all. Pretty dry.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Andre G

Not as good as the other two. Still has some very funny parts. I wish Smoky would come back for one. With him, Ice Cube, and Mike Epps altogether would be hilarious. Wishful thinking!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/17/23

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Tony M

Tomato critics are trippin alright. They critique it like it's in the running for an Oscar or something. It's funny as shit and for a 3rd movie it stands well with the other two. Mike Epps and Ice Cube work well together. Just don't compare it to the original cult classic and enjoy it on its own.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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angel m

Awful, corny and almost completely reliant on slapstick. The first is a classic, the second film was stretching it but it was at least decently funny, the third one is easily the worst and most unwatchable one.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/04/22

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Audience Member

Written by Ice Cube and directed by Marcus Raboy, the third Friday movie again was rejected by critics and embraced by the audience that it was made for. It starts on Christmas Eve as a thief breaks into the home of Craig (Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps), stealing everything they've bought for their family and friends. Also — the rent is due and if they don't get it soon, their landlady is going to unleash her just released from jail son Damon (Terry Crews) on them and in a violently loving fashion, if you get what I'm saying. The setting in this sequel moves from the suburbs to a strip mall, a place where their fathers — Willie (John Witherspoon) and Elroy (Don D.C. Curry) — have started a BBQ place so good you'll slap your mother. It's also where Money Mike (Katt Williams) and his main girl Donna (K.D. Aubert) have started the store Pimps and Hoes. Obviously, by the third movie you're just hoping for more hangout time with the leads and less expecting a groundbreaking effort. That said, this is a goofball bit of harmless fun, a good holiday movie to throw on if you're sick of the same films every December and makes me hope that we get one more of these movies. Somehow, I never saw a single one of these movies before, but I must confess, they made a nice break this week, a breezy bit of fun and light laughs in the midst of dark times.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Willie Jones

Anna Maria Horsford

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Synopsis

Finds Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.

Director: Marcus Raboy
Producer: Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube
Screenwriter: Ice Cube, DJ Pooh, Ice Cube
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Avery Pix, Cubevision
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.0M
Runtime: 1h 22m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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