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All About the Benjamins

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 26 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime
Written by:
Ronald Lang
Ice Cube
Directed by: Kevin Bray
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 8, 2002
DVD: August 20, 2002
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong violence, pervasive language and brief sexuality
Starring Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Jeff Chase, Anthony Giaimo, Anthony Michael Hall, and Lil' Bow Wow
A Miami bounty hunter (Ice Cube) and the fast-talking bail jumper (Epps) he is pursuing end up in the middle of a major diamond heist.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Boston Globe Jonathan Perry
All About the Benjamins has: flash, cash, and enough videogenic eye candy to make ''Miami Vice'' look like ''Little House on the Prairie.''
Read Full Review >Film Threat Marcus D. Russell
Did what I had yet to see any other entrant in this arena do, it crossed generational lines and had 18 year-olds and 50 year-olds talking about the merits of the same film.... and that is truly its greatest accomplishment.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
This is a movie fantasy, folks -- like James Bond, without the smarm and martinis.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
It's fun to watch the stocky, scowling Ice Cube and skinny, jittery Epps play off each other; they click on screen.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Ellen A. Kim
This is Epps' showcase. He can't cover all the film's flaws, but he'll sure gab your ear off trying.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
The strange case of a movie that clunks in every possible way but the ultimate way -- it entertains.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Unfortunately, the home-run performances of Cube and Epps are handicapped by inept and illogical action sequences.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Oddly, the most appealing thing about the movie is that in an age of ever-escalating special effects, it's refreshingly low-tech, more like a '70s action movie than a modern-day one.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Such overkill might seem like an asset to teenage boys (and those who think like them). The rest of us are better off not wasting our Washingtons.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Something puddles to nothing in this relentless Miami sun.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nick Rutigliano
Glitz and speed help alleviate cavernous plot holes and rote gangsta misogyny, while the gleeful violence, pointlessly sappy lulls, and racial sparring are leavened a bit by capricious auto-critique.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
This is high school fantasy straight outta Compton. As such, it has a certain compelling enthusiasm.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Its dark-edged crime-caper plot is so formulaic it seems almost ritualized. Yet Ice Cube and Mike Epps enact their standard odd-couple tango with such ease and brio, you'd think they'd never seen such movies before.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Ice Cube possesses real screen presence, and it's a shame to see him squander his talents here. He and Epps made me laugh in "Next Friday." They made me squirm here.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Director Kevin Bray, whose clichéd style betrays his music-video roots, devotes far too much time to the mechanics of the illogical plot.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Strings of four-letter words are a poor substitute for dialogue, and it's not until the movie is almost over that someone realizes there's no reason, other than assumed macho posturing, for Cube's character to go after these bad guys so hard.
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Those who need little more than a car chase, gunplay, pretty girls and a solid soundtrack will be entertained. And Ice Cube fans won't be disappointed. Everyone else may want to think twice before shelling out hard-earned dollars.
The New York Times Dana Stevens
This movie, a chaotic caper film at heart, wrecks its comic tone with some moments of gruesome violence.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
A witless, bloody, unpleasant mismatched-buddy movie.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Hank Sartin
The whole movie feels stiff and awkward whenever the actors stop chasing each other long enough to talk.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson
Plays like a knockoff of Michael Bay's already derivative and much more fun "Bad Boys," only with even less plot. It also recalls the worst qualities of John Singleton's mean-spirited "Shaft."
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
You can laugh with or without irony. Or you can simply stay away.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Teresa Wiltz
It's painful watching a talented thespian diminish himself so. It's clear he did it for the Benjamins.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
The comedy is tepid, the action is dopey and even the violence is boring and occasionally cruel.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
The unnecessary nastiness, even sadism, of much of the violence also bears mentioning if you're expecting more of the benignly cartoonish silliness of Cube's lone directing effort, "The Players Club."
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Fawwaz A. gave it an8:
This movie had everything a guy would want in a movie. Action, comedy, a good plot, and Eva Mendez. The acting was okay, but the action and story made up for it.
Darrell N. gave it a 10:
Very funny ice cube and mike epps or funny as hell and i wish i could tell that in person....i hope they keep making movies together.
Joseph G. gave it a 10:
All about the bejamins is one of the finniest movies, Ice Cube and Mike Epps are a good pair, they put Action and comedy into this movie, and Eva Mendes if you don't know who she is, she is Mike Epps girlfriend, she is so beautiful, she put the hottness in the movie, so All about the Benjamins had everything.
Jane J. gave it a 10:
This movie is hot hot hot.....thats the ice cube we all know and love....mike epps is off the hook....this movie is all that.
