The Cookout (2004)

Director:

Lance Rivera

Writers:

Queen Latifah (story) &
Shakim Compere (story) ...

Release Date:

3 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This summer, get your grill on!

Plot:

When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Interracial Marriage | Farting Scene

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ja Rule	...	Bling Bling
Tim Meadows	...	Leroy
Jenifer Lewis	...	Lady Em
Quran Pender	...	Todd Andersen (as Storm P)
Jonathan Silverman	...	Wes
Meagan Good	...	Brittany
Farrah Fawcett	...	Mrs. Crowley
Ruperto Vanderpool	...	Wheezer
Frankie Faison	...	Jojo Andersen
Vincent Pastore	...	Poo Salesman
Kevin Phillips	...	Jamal Washington
Reg E. Cathey	...	Frank Washington
Rita Owens	...	Nettie Washington
Gerry Bamman	...	Butler
Carl Wright	...	Grandpa

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual references and language.

Runtime:

USA:97 min | Argentina:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #40940) | Iceland:LH | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bernardsvile, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Cookout Productions

Trivia:

Farrah Fawcett's last movie role.

Quotes:

Leroy: In hockey, they hit a black puck around, why can't the puck be white.
Wes: Well on ice, a white puck might be difficult to see.
Leroy: I would expect you to say that.

Movie Connections:

References Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

A Fifth of Beethoven

No, please Hollywood, pander to us more. We don't find it insulting.

First, I'd like to start of by saying I'm black. So I took especial dislike to this film along with the regular dislike due to the absolute horridness of this movie. I can imagine the conversation at the studios regarding this mess of a movie...

Exec 1: Hey, I've got a great idea for a movie. Exec 2: Shoot Exec 1: Well, it's going to aimed at the black community. So it'll make money without us having to spend money. Exec 2: Or use creativity! Exec 1: Exactly. We use the Black movie formula. Number one, find a topic that the black "community" can relate to. You, know, something that's solely afrocentric. Like "da hood", or rap, or dancing, or how "da sistas" play games with men, or basketballs, or like... a cookout! Number 2, stuff a bunch a race relation jokes in it and pass it off as comedy. Number 3, get one good actor, a rapper, and a white person (you know, so the race relation jokes seem at least semi-relevant), then get a bunch of no name actors. And number 4, put some type of easily grasp high concept, like family or community. And wa la! You've got a movie that'll make money without the makers putting anything (and I mean anything) into it! Exec 2: It's gold!

Unfunny, uninspiring, unoriginal, and insulting to your intelligence whether you're black, white, Asian, native American, Arabic, south Asian, Hispanic or pacific islander, but especially if your black. This is what Hollywood thinks black people want. Mindless entertainment that panders to their race. And frankly, it makes me angry. The story was uneven, the jokes failed to illicit even a chuckle, the acting is bad, and the "high concept" was lost in the swirling mass of awful that was this movie.

A complete and utter waste of time.