
It is Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) is unemployed, having been fired yesterday. This has lead to trouble with Smokey's (Chris Tucker's) supplier, Big Worm (Faizon Love), who now wants his money, or his product back, or Smokey is a dead man. Then there's Deebo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), the local bully, plus Craig's jealous, psychotic girlfriend, Joi (Paula Jai Parker), and Debbie (Nia Long), the neighbor Craig has a crush on. A lot can happen while lounging around your h... (Full plot summary below)
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It is Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) is unemployed, having been fired yesterday. This has lead to trouble with Smokey's (Chris Tucker's) supplier, Big Worm (Faizon Love), who now wants his money, or his product back, or Smokey is a dead man. Then there's Deebo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), the local bully, plus Craig's jealous, psychotic girlfriend, Joi (Paula Jai Parker), and Debbie (Nia Long), the neighbor Craig has a crush on. A lot can happen while lounging around your house on a Friday.
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| VarietyTodd McCarthyA crudely made, sometimes funny bit of porchfront humor from the 'hood. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrA 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." |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA new generation of black talent (director Gray, actors Chris Tucker and Ice Cube) bring verve to this much welcome comedic view of street life in South Central, after mostly crime and drug pictures set there. |
| Medium PopcornBrandon CollinsThe characters are what make this. Deebo is iconic. |
| Medium PopcornJustin BrownReally funny, filmed great, with a lot of heart to it. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerFriday may touch its young target audience. For everyone else, it is more intriguing as a social problem than a movie. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFriday has energy, and sass, and the nerve to suggest that the line between tragedy and comedy may be in the bloodshot eye of the beholder. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonIn 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. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...much of the humor sailed right over my caucasian head. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaRather 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. |