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Film · 1995 · Comedy
Friday
Directed by F. Gary Gray
1995
★ 4.4 editorial score
Ice Cube wrote it because he was tired of films that made his neighborhood look like a war zone: one Friday, one porch, and a comedy built out of nothing happening.
“This is a ruder, cruder version of the hip-hop movie "House Party," and it offers a fascinating glimpse at the way street life enters pop culture. Like rap and much stand-up comedy, "Friday" is based on opened-eyed acceptance of drug use and guns as part of its characters' lives. The film, written by Ice Cube and D. J. Pooh, makes fun of those realities and replaces rap's anger with humor.”
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