Stars: Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tiny Lister, John Witherspoon, Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Anna Maria Horsford, Regina King, Paula Jai Parker, Faizon Love, Tony Cox, Angela Means, Demetrius Navarro, Vickilyn Reynolds

Director: F. Gary Gray

Summary: A comic look at the life of two friends growing up in a rough area of Los Angeles. Trouble comes in the form of a beautiful fitness instructor and getting fired from a job in a shoe store.

Thoroughly charming and totally hilarious day-in-the-life comedy in which co-writer Ice Cube plays the stoic Craig opposite Chris Tucker's Smokey, a brilliantly rendered hyperactive marijuana enthusiast. The two twentysomethings, Craig recently wrongly fired and Smokey terminally slacking and scamming, barely make it through one highly eventful day. Eloquent commentary on themes like community, family, friendship, and violence is seamlessly blended with lighter treatments of young romance, bathroom emergencies, nosy neighbors and much more. Casually impeccable performances by the entire cast make this film a standout.

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Fridayis the rarest specimen of African American cinema: a hood movie refreshingly free of the semi-seriousness 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, Fridayis 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 neighbourhood 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 1990s African American comedy. --Ethan Brown, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region B
Year:	1995
Release Date:	September 14, 2009
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	E B R 5112
Keywords:	Comedy, Friday, General
Genre:	Comedy