Next Friday (2000)

★ 6.5 1h 38m 636 votes IMDb
Comedy

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison. But trouble soon follows and the suburbs will never be the same.

Next Friday

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Cast

Ice Cube
Ice Cube as Craig Jones Age 56 · Los Angeles, California, USA O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A.
Mike Epps
Mike Epps as Day-Day Age 55 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Michael Elliot 'Mike' Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, musician, and rapper, best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday an...
Justin Pierce
Justin Pierce as Roach Died 2000 · London, England ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Justin Charles Pierce (March 21, 1975 – July 10, 2000) was an English-born American actor and professional skateboarder. Description above from the Wikipedi...
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon as Mr. Jones Died 2019 · Detroit, Michigan, USA John Witherspoon was an African-American comedian and actor who has roles in over 20 movies and television shows. Acting for over three decades, Witherspoon starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle...
Don Curry
Don Curry as Uncle Elroy Age 64 · Forth Worth, Texas, USA
Director Steve Carr
Cast Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don Curry, Jacob Vargas, Lobo Sebastian, Rolando Molina, Lisa Rodríguez, Tommy Lister Jr.

Audience Reviews

Andre Gonzales 8/10 May 17, 2023
Not as good as the first. Still really hilarious. This movie could have been the funniest movie ever made if Chris Tucker was in it too.
r96sk 5/10 Mar 06, 2025
<em>'Next Friday'</em> disappoints, which isn't a surprise given the absence of Chris Tucker. The first film worked because of the two lead actors, so taking out one (esp. Tucker) was always going to make a sequel fall flat; especially without finding an adequate replacement.

Ice Cube is OK and is the best part, if only via a process of elimination. Mike Epps didn't do it for me, his character is annoying. Of the newbies, Kym Whitley is the only one that comes close to working. Lisa Rodríguez's Karla is woefully written, as are the entire "Jokers" to be honest.

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