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Craig and Day-Day move back into the hood, where they find jobs as security guards at a strip mall. Hijinks ensue on their first day on the job, which happens to be Christmas Eve.
"Friday After Next is the coal in your stocking for the holiday season." James Brundage, filmcritic.com
"A whole lot foul, freaky and funny." Yvonne Dennis, Philadelphia Daily News
"...frenetic, slapstick Christmas comedy..." Jonathan Curry, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
It is Christmas Eve for most of the Christian world, but when Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are rudely awaken by a burglar in a Santa suit, it is definitely another FRIDAY in the ghetto. The phony Santa gets away with all the cousins' Christmas gifts and their overdue rent money after assaulting Craig with a paltry Christmas tree. Cops are called in and do little more than confiscate Craig and Day-Day's pot stash. Though the cousins may be used to such adversity in the 'hood, they have never before had to think about getting real jobs in order to pay the bills. This third installment in the hip-hop stoner series follows L.A.'s lovable losers through their first day as rent-a-cops at a South Central strip mall.As each problem they encounter becomes more and more ridiculous, screenwriter and star Ice Cube and first-time director Mark Raboy have constructed an irreverent African-American holiday farce. The film builds to a fever pitch at a holiday party where nearly every character in the film shows up for a wild finale. The supporting cast delivers outrageously amusing portraits of ghetto stereotypes while composer John Murphy paces the film by deftly blending hip-hop with traditional film scoring.
| Features | Theatrical And Teaser Trailers And The Music Video, "It's The Holidaze" By The Westside Connection | | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS Surround Sound, Stereo Surround Sound | | Widescreen Version | | Documentaries Including "Microphone Fiend," "It Was A Good Day: Behind The Friday Franchise," "Ghetto Fabulous," A Costume Design Documentary And "The Pork Report," A Documentary On Barbeque | | Production Documentary, "Hump Day," And The Production Design Documentary "Holiday In The Hood" | | Fact Track (Trivia Subtitles) | | Filmmaker And Actor Commentary | | Deleted Scenes With Commentary | | Gag Reel |
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 85 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 6274 | | UPC: 00794043627422 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...The score sounds like a house-party mix....FRIDAY AFTER NEXT cranks up an impressive amount of energy..." 11/22/2002 p.E11Los Angeles Times
"...Hilarious, rowdy....[With] gleeful low-down humor and a raft of uninhibited characters involved in one outrageous predicament after another..." 11/22/2002 p.C10 Box Office
"...This is all so insane it's actually funny..." 01/01/2003 p.60 Variety
"...[The] project does provide a sizable stage for performers Witherspoon, Curry and, especially, Williams, to strut and show off..." 11/25/2002 p.23 San Francisco Examiner 7 of 10
Writer Cube and director Marcus Raboy vigorously mix Christmas cheer and and real life, and the result is as tasty as eggnog spiked with whiskey. Likewise, the soundtrack blends comfy, traditional R&B Christmas tunes (Eartha Kitt, The Temptations) with more abrasive gangsta-style music. - Jeffrey Anderson
L.A. Times 7 of 10
The hilarious, rowdy Friday After Next finds its writer and co-producer Ice Cube returning as Craig, the likable if not overly responsible hero of its predecessors, Friday, which helped launch Chris Tucker, and Next Friday, which introduced a new sidekick, Day-Day (Mike Epps), Craig's headstrong cousin. Fast and raunchy, Friday After Next surely stands apart from other holiday-themed movies for its gleeful low-down humor and a raft of uninhibited characters involved in one outrageous predicament after another. - Kevin Thomas
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