Friday After Next (2002) User Reviews

Just as much fun as Next Friday

[Smells_Like_Cheese · 7/10 · 30 December 2006]

Seriously, people, where's your sense of humor? Again I thought that Friday After Next turned out to be a great film that had a lot of really funny humor that nearly had me rolling on the floors laughing. Ice Cube did a great job with these stories and made it a Lord of the Rings of the hood type of trilogy. I loved Friday After Next, the story rocked and the actors were back and it looked like they had a great time performing together again. I know that this movie is so stereotypical, but it was all in good fun, you know?

Craig and Day Day have jobs as security men in a strip mall and they find themselves being tormented by their land lady for the rent money. When Day Day abuses his power of security and has men go after him for throwing their grandmothers off the corner, he and Craig are fired. They decide to throw a party to pay the rent money by charging party fees and Craig does fall for another woman, but she's a bit harder to get than the others.

I loved the pimp and Damon's characters, they were just so funny, especially coming out of the party with Damon's partners in a clamp! You'll have to watch the movie to see what I mean. I highly recommend Friday After Next to anyone, it's a great movie that I honestly had a good time laughing with and I am not ashamed to admit that, I don't get the low rating, because this was a fun movie. Please, don't judge so harshly, you'll find yourself loving every joke better and better.

7/10

very funny for a third, 7/10

[lionel2 · 6/10 · 1 May 2003]

i saw this movie twice and the second time viewing improved my expression about this movie as i catch up with more jokes that i missed during the first time. i find this movie very enjoyable for the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes. things happen in the middle drag a little bit but they are bearable and dispersed with a few quality jokes. 7 out of 10. and i will wait to check out the next sequel as the last scene implies that the story of the main characters will be back.

Friday after Santa, the thief

[raulfaust · 6/10 · 31 October 2011]

Well, when I saw this film yesterday I had no idea it was a continuation of two previous titles, so I may have lost some jokes in here. However, this film is still understandable and interesting for those who also didn't see the previous.

Ice Cube's character (Craig) and Day-Day are two funny cousins that live together and need money to pay the rent after a mean Santa Claus steal theirs. So they decide to work as security guards, but they aren't able to help an elderly cross the street, so you can imagine how many troubles they get in. These comedy films with black cast are usually this funny and full of confusions, so I usually enjoy them. Ice Cube and Mike Epps are hilarious guys, specially Epps, so you will have a good time watching this. Of course it's not gonna be a life changing movie, but it entertains and delivers what it promises.

I almost dropped dead laughing!

[giatime · 11 October 2003]

Man, to anyone that thinks this is highbrow art, please, please, get a life. This was supposed to be a ghetto comedy, and as such it is awesome. The scene with Damon and the pimp in the Bathroom almost put me in the hospital. And the Church ladies at the storefront. This is funny stuff. I mean real funny stuff. If you can't find the comedy in this, you need to take the stick..... I'm sorry, as I was saying this is really funny stuff.

This is the worst Friday movie but still a fun watch

[kevin_robbins · 6/10 · 2 November 2022]

Friday After Next (2002) is a movie that I recently rewatched on Netflix for the first time in a long time. The storyline follows Craig and Day-Day who are now roommates. It's the holiday season and a man dressed as Santa Claus breaks into their apartment and steals all of their gifts and rent money. Craig and Day-Day will need to try and uncover who stole their money while also managing their day-to-day life as security guards.

This movie is directed by Marcus Raboy (Janky Promoters) and stars Ice Cube (Ride Along), Mike Epps (The Hangover), John Witherspoon (Boomerang), Anna Maria Horsford (Minority Report), Clifton Powell (Deep Rising), Katt Williams (Norbit) and Terry Crews (Expendables).

The storyline taking place in California during Christmas was a fun twist on the Friday universe. It was great they brought Epps back who was funnier in this film than the previous picture. Katt Williams and Terry Crews were great additions to the cast and their versus the entire movie was awesome. The soundtrack was a step down from the previous films. The storyline was flimsy but the last 15-20 minutes were fun and the various Santa beatdowns were great.

Overall, this is the worst Friday movie but still a fun watch. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.

Downright Funny

[iwatcheverything · 7/10 · 22 October 2003]

If you liked Friday the original skip Next Friday and go on to this one. This movie had me rolling through most parts. Cube and Epps are a great team although I will always miss Chris Tucker. The whole of this film is at no time slow and it is actually fast paced laughter. Even the cops are funny. If it was a stand alone film and not a sequal it would have done so much better. I will have to buy this one to complete the Friday collection.

It was good, but it wasn't Friday

[froggy-19 · 5/10 · 20 November 2002]

I had the opportunity to sneak this film at the CWRU Film Society this evening. I admit I wasn't expecting much. Friday was a great film. Fun, laid back and a good trip. Next Friday was, well, OK, but it wasn't great. Friday After Next was maybe a little lower on the scale.

This suburban white boy is a huge fan of Cube, so I had fun just the same. Things just seemed... I don't know... disconnected. Granted the first two films didn't have a strong plot, but this one was a little thinner. The situations were funny, but they weren't as funny often times as I thought they could be.

In short, I'm glad I saw it and yucked it up. I certainly needed the laughs, but there could have been more of them and not so spaced apart. Finally, I thought the opening sequence was cute, but perhaps too cute, and it certainly seemed to drag on just a little too much.

Enjoy it, it's worth the money, but maybe at the cheapie show, which is where I fear it will be in a few weeks...

YEAHHHH BOYEEE!

[secrective · 7/10 · 22 November 2002]

HAHAHAHAHA, the third friday movie is just as great as the first two. and i hope they continue to make more, i'm sure "Friday the 13th" would be a great title for an upcoming sequel in this hilarious franchise.

This time around Dede and Craig have to pay their rent money... so they become security guards at a local mini mall. a lotta pimps, ho's, and thugs later... and you got yourself one heck of a funny movie.

maybe they'll bring chris tucker back for the fourth one. if you liked Friday, and Next Friday, be sure to catch this one.

Thin plot with predictable outcomes

[Floated2 · 4/10 · 15 June 2022]

This third film feels entirely different in comparison to the original. Friday felt more authentic, lower budget and had more moments of entertainment (due to Chris Tucker). Watched this film after viewing the second film (Next Friday) and feel Friday After Next is a slight improvement. The humor and comedy is still similar but less forced and overall a little too try hard. Kat Williams and Terry Crews in this film make it better where as the second tried too hard.

Overall this film isn't great and feels very predictable and forced but its slightly better than its predecessor. The short run time helps in its favor, does not drag along too much.

Money Mike and Damon are great addition

[view_and_review · 7/10 · 1 May 2007]

If "Friday" was successful it was because of Chris Tucker. If "Next Friday" failed it was because of the unfunny Mike Epps. "Friday After Next" recaptured the appeal of "Friday" with the addition of Money Mike (Katt Williams) and Damon (Terry Crews). Those two were absolutely hilarious. Money Mike was full of one liners as the short yet stereotypical pimp. Damon filled in nicely for the menacing but now locked up D-Bo. In fact, I would say that Terry Crews did an even better job as a bully than Tiny Lister. Terry Crews definitely has more range than Tiny Lister, and the writers must have realized that Mike Epps and Ice Cube weren't good enough to sustain an entire movie. "Friday After Next" didn't maintain a steady flow of being funny, but it did have enough laugh-out-loud moments to be considered a funny movie.

Friday After Next

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 29 April 2022]

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.

Ho! Ho Ho! Foo !!

[buzznzipp1995 · 9/10 · 6 January 2007]

In udder hilarity, the gang of two is back! And with a comedic vengeance. I saw this in California when I lived there at Christmas time, 2002, and it was one of the funniest down in the hood yule-tide, Christmas stories I have seen in years.

From one of the worst roommates, Dey Dey,(Epps Jr.) to Pinky their ex-boss, to Pops and uncle, doing restaurant bar-BBQ together(and arguing and fighting, all the way)right on down to the landlord and one of the biggest 'problems' these two have had (Damon) since, well...since 'FRIDAY' 1995 when Chris Tucker was riding with Cube, and Deebo was troubling' em'!!

The two police officers I won't soon forget, A.Hole and B. Dix when it came time to bring the PO' PO' into it, these two were all in all. Christmas time is here and unfortunately so is the ghetto thugs, out rippin' and stealin' everything in sight, including Dey Dey and Craig's stuff even out the refrigerator. They're broker den broke, and you can't 'beat' that with Michael Jackson!

I went back and saw this a few more times before it left the theater because frankly, it was worth it. Ms. K.D. Aubert, was a lovely and wondrous addition to this Miss-L-toe mantra in the ghetto. This was accompanied by a ghetto-fabulous soundtrack! Mary J Blige was my favorite of all, 'Family Affair' was R&B soul-delicious!! And in all, as Mary would say, Jesus is the reason for the season all the way!

I really love it when Ice Cube puts his writer's cap on and brings out yet another gem of a good-times movie.

I recommend this to Ice Cube and Mike Epps fans, because they take it and bake the cake and steal the show.

Good team playing' y'all! Here's to another fun-filled two hours down the hood comedy road. I'll be waiting. Until then, (****) four out of four.

Doesn't compare to orginal friday!

[cestlavie03 · 2/10 · 22 July 2003]

this movie is completely ridiculous. It has no point and the little plot it does have is WEAK! It's just one of those movies that should go straight to video if even that, and that dumb teenage boys will need to rent when bored and done playing their playstations. there was maybe only one or two funny parts, other than those, i hardly see the hype.

Hilarious!!!

[rome2002 · 25 November 2002]

When I saw the coming attractions while going to see "Brown Sugar", I knew that I had to go and see this movie. Craig (Ice Cube) and his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps) are back for another installment in the "Friday" series. This time the boys are in South Central and getting ready to celebrate Christmas...until a burgular dressed like Santa Claus (Rickey Smiley) robs the boys and getting away with their rent money and presents. Craig and Day-Day then apply for jobs as security guards when their evil landlady, Miss Pearly (Bebe Drake), demands the rent money in advance or she'll let loose her burly son Damon (Terry Crews), who has spent 12 years in prison and now likes men. As they adjust to their new job, Craig becomes interested in the sexy Donna (K.D. Aubert) who works at her pimped-out boyfriend's department store. Also featured in the movie are Craig parents (John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford), Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry), Pinky (Clifton Powell) and even Chico the dog who wreaked havoc on Craig and Day-Day in "Next Friday".

This movie was so hilarious and topped the second installment but could never surpass the original "Friday" simply because of Chris Tucker who played Craig's best friend Smokey. I will definitely go and see this movie again and again until its available to own on DVD. Maybe if there's a fourth "Friday" Chris Tucker can join Ice Cube and the hilarious Mike Epps. I would love to see those three together.

Obvious and thin.

[BrickNash · 4/10 · 22 March 2019]

The term Flogging a dead horse" comes to mind here.

This third instalment in the Friday franchise is a straight to video tier farce which bears little to no resemblance to the first film which, although a comedy, had some well rounded character, a great setting, and just enough of a serious streak to give it some weight.

Friday after Next is just goofy setpiece after goofy setpiece, with paper thin character and obvious jokes. Ice Cube once again is the sole writer of the movie and it's maybe obvious that DJ Pooh's hand in the first film's screenplay was more significant that was maybe realised. With a different director for each film in the franchise and a cast which changes bar a few core characters, one wonders why they didn't just do some brand new films, because the feel between each is very different.

There's no texture here, there's no roundness to the characters, and there's no real story either. It's moderately amusing, but given its pedigree it really feels like a TV movie which doesn't know what it wants to be and isn't very good at the stuff it goes for.

There are far better stoner comedies out there, and this is a poor entry into the genre.

Just stick with the first Friday film. It truly is a masterpiece.

Seriously?

[minunimion · 4/10 · 20 January 2021]

A bunch of idiots, a lot of vulgarity, a weak plot, just a couple of things to save. I'm not going to say what, watch the movie and then decide. Did you say that you laughed a lot? Seriously? I just found a couple of times in which I could smile... did I watch another movie? There's almost nothing funny, nothing can be close to the reality, maybe a kid might laugh, but this is a movie for adults, so what? Quite disappointed, but I'm not going 1 or 2 stars as I can't do that... acting is not bad at all, so 4 is my score.

Lazy stereotypes stumble through unfunny comedy...

[danielsan128 · 2/10 · 4 April 2004]

A man dressed as Santa Claus is robbing houses in a seedy part of Los Angeles. He is disturbed by the tenants of one particular flat, a fight ensues and he escapes with their rent money. What could have been an interesting opening soon descends into a lazy farce, strewn with archetypal 'black' comedy characters; fast-talking middle aged women, macho convicts with a taste for anal sex, hookers with hearts of gold. No comedic stone is left unturned; but it says a lot about the film that you really don't care what happens to the protagonists. That the film runs for less than 90 minutes is blessing indeed. It's sad to see Ice Cube (once a talented rapper, and interesting actor in Boyz N The Hood) reduced to this shameless mugging.

Not as good as the 1st but much better than the 2nd

[csweetleaf2 · 8/10 · 3 April 2003]

This movie is about Craig and Day Day who share an apartment together and they are robbed by 'Santa Claus' and later they become security guards so they can come up with the rent money for their evil landlord and if they can't come up with the rent money, her son Damon (who is gay after serving about 12 years in the pen) will take care of them and the boys are fired while on their lunchbreak, one thing that I didn't like about this movie is that Craig was overly bossy compared to the first two movies but this movie is much funnier than Next Friday and it is about a notch or two below the original Friday and this movie deserves more recognition than what it gets.

This is what happens when you keep trying to cash in on a franchise... over... and over... and over...

[MC ReXX · 4/10 · 29 November 2002]

I saw this movie today, only expecting cheap laughes and a way to kill 90 minutes... to be honest, I wish I had taken those 90 minutes back and watched "Next Friday" again instead. This movie wasn't very good at all. I probably laughed about 10X. 10X in a 90 minute movie, which equals an average of, 1 laugh every 9 minutes.

I laughed harder during Jingle All The Way!!! (Not that JATW is a bad movie, IT ROCKS!) For a Christmas movie, you might wanna stick to The Santa Clause 2 or watch one you already have.

If you're a fan of the Friday franchise, you'll be disappointed. Most of the laughes are in the trailer itself.

I just hope we won't get anymore Friday's, cause it's certainly feels like a Monday morning after seeing this... 4/10.

Running out of gas...

[rogerebertsclone · 1 December 2002]

Having been a fan of the first Friday, my expectations for the second one weren't exactly high [no pun intended], given the fact that Chris Tucker wasn't in it. But it turned out to be an okay movie. I also noticed the direction it took the franchise to -- low brow humor. The first had a little bit of it, but the second one seemed like it just wanted to gross you out with its sick humor and poop jokes.

You won't find much difference in this Friday. Turning the series on its ear and giving it a fresh new spin with the Christmas theme seemed like an intriguing idea. Did it work? Hells yeah. With the uncontrollable Mike Epps once again playing the crazy sidekick to Cube's Craig, Chris Tucker seems like a distant memory. Out goes the semi-seriousness of the first one about the reality of the hood, and in comes the all out craziness that solidified the second. The only memorable characters in this one are Money Mike and Damon. If you're a fan of the series, by all means, rent it.

By the end of the movie, you'll ponder if this was the best way to close out the trilogy. Was it as funny as they could make it? Memorable? With a stronger script and more reigned-in performances, it could have been. Average at best. But let's hope Cube ends it here.

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[zhyarTheChosen · 4/10 · 22 January 2020]

This is the most unnecessary sequel of a comedy movies

100 Thumbs Down

[clarason-1 · 1/10 · 28 May 2003]

This movie is just horrible.

No matter who you are you will probably be offended by it in some way. I mean if you are a woman, you will be majorly offended by it. If you are a man you will be offended by it.

If you think it's funny to hit an old woman and give her a concussion, then you'll enjoy this movie. But you would probably be in jail so you wouldn't be able to see this movie anyway.

I feel so sorry for the actors in this movie. I hope life gets better for them so they don't have to make such bad movies like this.

Worst out of the series.

[Shopaholic35 · 2/10 · 9 February 2014]

I thought the first two "Friday" movies were alright and had the occasional funny moment but Friday After Next was definitely the worst out of the bunch. It just wasn't entertaining or funny enough. The Christmas themed movie felt like a cheap excuse for a sequel and felt really out of place.

Did anybody else notice that basically the only characters who remain the same throughout the entire series are Craig (Ice Cube) and his dad. Everybody else changes depending on the movie. There's absolutely no consistency and so over the three movies there is no flow. You may as well have created an entirely individual movie each time instead of a continuing series.

Overall not impressed or entertained.

Go to movie for every Christmas!!!

[jmnhyaurk · 10/10 · 8 September 2020]

This is the go to movie for me every Christmas! Mike Epps is hilarious!

Very funny

[campblood13 · 5/10 · 15 September 2003]

This movie is funny from start to finish. We have Craig and Day-Day getting into all kinds of trouble. The first half of the movie takes place at the strip mall with the funniest scenes involving Money Mike. He is little pimp that looks like Prince. Day-Day tells a group of church women to get off the corner because he thinks they are there trying to turn tricks. The funniest scene in the movie is when Money Mike goes to the bathroom and is followed by Damon. That scene had me laughing. I enjoyed it even though I was the only white person in the theater in backwoods Louisiana. It was Thanksgiving night and the placed was packed. Everybody loved it and so did I. 5/10