Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe
Friday is funnier and funkier than "Bad Boys," more homegrown-seeming, less manufactured. It plays like "House Party" with attitude. [26 Apr 1995]
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| 75 |
TV Guide
Staff (Not Credited)
A star vehicle for rapper Ice Cube (who also cowrote and coproduced), Friday is a lighthearted, comedic presentation of the realities chronicled in dramas like "Boyz N the Hood."
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
Peter Rainer
It's the right format for this scattershot jokefest, which at times resembles a vaudeville act crossed with the kind of goofy bludgeoning antics that sometimes make it into gangsta MTV videos. [26 Apr 1995]
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| 70 |
Washington Post
Desson Howe
Friday indulges without restraint in almost everything that can raise eyebrows, including the ogling of women (although the females—for a genre like this—are relatively empowered), toilet gags, profane street talk and drug use. But all of these things serve the humor.
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| 70 |
Washington Post
Richard Harrington
In his [Ice Cube's] dramatic roles, Cube's raised eyebrows usually unleashed a fearsome glare and a hint of danger; here, his expressions are more quizzical, amused or confused. He plays against type, just as the movie itself plays against hype.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
Caryn James
Friday may touch its young target audience. For everyone else, it is more intriguing as a social problem than a movie.
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| 50 |
USA Today
The more real Friday gets, the better it is. [26 Apr 1995]
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| 50 |
Austin Chronicle
Joey O'Bryan
A refreshingly lighthearted look at day-to-day life in the inner city, Friday does suffer from a few problems in the scripting and directing departments, but entertains nonetheless, thanks mainly to the easygoing style of its talented cast.
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| 40 |
Variety
Rather like a cross between "Up in Smoke" and an episode of "The Jeffersons, Friday is a crudely made, sometimes funny bit of porchfront humor from the 'hood.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
It takes about 20 minutes to catch on that Friday is without narrative drive - and about as long to figure out that the film offers nothing better in place of it.
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