Next Friday
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steve Carr
Produced by	Claire Rudnick Polstein, Douglas Curtis, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Matt Moore, Michael Gruber
Written by	Ice Cube
Narrated by	Ice Cube
Starring	Ice Cube Mike Epps Don "D.C." Curry John Witherspoon and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.
Music by	Terence Blanchard
Cinematography	Christopher J. Baffa
Editing by	Elena Maganini
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	January 12, 2000
Running time	98 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
Budget	$11,000,000 [1]
Gross revenue	$59,827,328 [1]
Preceded by	Friday
Followed by	Friday After Next

Next Friday is a 2000 comedy film, and the sequel to the 1995 surprise hit film Friday. This is the first film to be produced by producer Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision. The film is directed by Steve Carr, and stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don "D.C." Curry, John Witherspoon, and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 Reception 4.1 Awards 5 Home video release 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

Craig Jones (Cube) leaves home to escape revenge from his enemy Debo (Lister Jr.) and moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed Uncle Elroy (Curry) and his cousin Day-Day Jones (Epps) in Rancho Cucamonga. With so much trouble in the suburbs, he wishes he was back in the tame streets of South Central L.A. Craig's cousin Day-Day has serious problems of his own, with his pregnant ex-girlfriend D-Wana (Tamala Jones) and her little, but physically bigger sister, Baby D (Lady of Rage). Also, Craig and Day-Day accidentally get some beef started with the Mexican Joker family which lives across the street, the family which Karla (Lisa Rodriguez), the girl Craig is trying to hook up with, just so happens to be in. As if things weren't crazy enough, Debo, along with his irritating cellmate (and also his younger brother) Tyrone (Sticky Fingaz), have broken out of prison with plans to exact revenge on Craig, and Uncle Elroy's house might be auctioned and sold unless they can find a way to pay off his debt in full by the next day. In the end Craig saves the house from being auctioned by using the Joker brothers' drug money and sends not only them but Deebo and his brother Tyrone back to prison.

Tagline: The suburbs make the hood look good!

[edit] Cast

Ice Cube — Craig Jones Mike Epps — Day-Day Jones Justin Pierce — Roach John Witherspoon — Mr. Jones Don "D.C." Curry — Uncle Elroy Jacob Vargas — Joker Amy Hill — Mrs. Ho-Kym Clifton Powell — Pinky Tommy Lister Jr. — Debo

Kym Whitley — Auntie Suga Tamala Jones — D'wana Robyn "Lady of Rage" Allen — Baby D Lisa Rodríguez — Karla Sticky Fingaz — Tyrone Lobo Sebastian — Lil' Joker Rolando Molina — Baby Joker Michael Blackson — Angry African Cameo appearances: Ronn Riser — Stanley Michael Rapaport — Mailman

[edit] Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack, which featured appearances from Eminem, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Ice Cube, N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, and Wyclef Jean, peaked at number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts, and nineteen on the Billboard 200 in 2000.

[edit] Reception

The movie wasn't as successful as the original film in the series, from a critical standpoint. It met with generally mixed reviews, only earning a 21% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes^[2], and on Metacritic the film has received an average score of 41, based on 25 reviews. The film was, however, successful at the box office. Next Friday grossed $14,465,156 on its opening weekend in 1,103 theaters, averaging $13,114 per theater. The film has grossed $57,328,603 in North America and $2,498,725 in the Foreign box office to earn a total $59,827,328 worldwide.

[edit] Awards

2000 MTV Movie Awards

• Best Comedic Performance — Ice Cube (nominated)

[edit] Home video release

Next Friday was released on DVD June 6, 2000. The single disc DVD contains a theatrical trailer, music videos, a "making of..." featurette, behind the scenes footage, and an alternate ending as well as cast and crew information.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Next Friday at Allmovie
• Next Friday at Box Office Mojo
• Next Friday at the Internet Movie Database
• Next Friday at Rotten Tomatoes

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