It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.
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- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
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Storyline
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. —grantss
- Taglines
- a lot can go down between thursday and saturday...
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- Certificate
- 15
- Parents guide
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- TriviaThe neighborhood where this movie takes place is the same street where Director F. Gary Gray grew up in south central Los Angeles, California. Principal houses that were used for filming were houses of old friends of Gray. The scene where Deebo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.) punches Red (DJ Pooh) into the air is the house in which Gray grew up.
- GoofsWhen Craig is lying in bed the clock changed to 12:00, But when he sits up to and claps off the lights the clock still says 11:59.
- Alternate versionsOn the USA Network airings, extra and alternate footage has been inserted to bring up the film's running time and to replace some of the more harsh language. Among other things, this version contains:
- a scene where we are introduced to Felicia, where she is asking Craig to borrow something;
- the "you got knocked the fuck out" scenes have been replaced with alternately shot footage of Smokey, most notably the last scene where he says "You got knocked the hell out!... Payback's a mother, ain't it? Peace!"
- the ending scene is an alternate take, where the "I was just bullshittin'" line is replaced by "I was just playin'!".
- ConnectionsEdited into Next Friday (2000)
- SoundtracksTryin' to See Another Day
Performed by The Isley Brothers
Written by Ronald Isley (as R. Isley), Ernie Isley (as E. Isley), and Angela Winbush (as A. Winbush Isley)
Courtesy of Elektra Records
Top review
Chris Tucker's best R rated performance
When I was 14, I first saw Friday and almost choked from laughter. The script by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh is right on target with it's ghetto humor. Another plus point for the film is it doesn't stereotype. But it's Chris Tucker as Smokey who makes this film. His high pitched voice and mannerisms are classic.Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborator DJ Pooh. Craig (Ice Cube) manages to get fired on his day off (though he claims it's through no fault of his own) and spends the day hanging out with his buddy Smokey (Chris Tucker) and trying to avoid his father (John Witherspoon), who wants him to find another job immediately. Smokey (whose name might have something to do with his tremendous fondness for marijuana) has even more serious problems; he was given $200 worth of weed to sell by Big Worm (Faizon Love), but he ended up smoking it instead, and if he can't come up with the money by the end of the day, he'll be in a world of hurt (and will put Craig in the same place just for being his friend). And Deebo (Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), a gargantuan bully who roams the neighborhood on his bicycle, has it in for Craig, while Craig tries his best just to stay out of his way. As one would expect, Friday features a strong hip-hop soundtrack, featuring tracks by such artists as Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, Mack 10, and Funkdoobiest, as well as old-school R&B selections from The Isley Brothers, Roger, and Rose Royce
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $27,467,564
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,589,341
- Apr 30, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $28,215,918
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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