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Generally favorable reviews- based on 104 Ratings
- Starring: Danny Glover, Jack Black, Mos Def
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- Director: Michel Gondry
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Positive: 18 out of 35
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Mixed: 12 out of 35
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Negative: 5 out of 35
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88It's refreshing to see Gondry's moviemaking still possessed by the community spirit he caught a few years ago with "Dave Chappelle's Block Party."
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75At its best when it is at its most freewheeling -- when it tramples past logic, motivation and basic plausibility in its pursuit of a funny, whimsical kind of nonsense.
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60The remake/parody sequences - trailers for which are on the official site - are outstanding, but Black’s all-over-the-place mania and Mos Def’s slightly too bland orphan hero don’t quite tie the rest of the picture together. Still, it has heart. And you’d rather see this version of "Rush Hour 2" than the original.
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30A muddle—not amiably ambling, not affably shaggy, just a mess that gets messier till, at times, the whole thing looks improvised by amateurs more concerned with being clever than something resembling affectionate.
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Positive: 39 out of 60
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Mixed: 3 out of 60
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Negative: 18 out of 60
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