Next Friday (2000)

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.

Director:

Steve Carr

Writers:

Ice Cube (characters), DJ Pooh (characters)

Stars:

Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice Cube	...	Craig Jones
Mike Epps	...	Day-Day
Justin Pierce	...	Roach
John Witherspoon	...	Mr. Jones
Don 'D.C.' Curry	...	Uncle Elroy
Jacob Vargas	...	Joker
Lobo Sebastian	...	Lil Joker
Rolando Molina	...	Baby Joker
Lisa Rodríguez	...	Karla (as Lisa Rodriguez)
Tom Lister Jr.	...	Deebo (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Kym Whitley	...	Suga (as Kym E. Whitley)
Amy Hill	...	Mrs. Ho-Kym
Tamala Jones	...	D'wana
The Lady of Rage	...	Baby D' (as Robin Allen)
Carmen Serano	...	Girl #1

Storyline

Debo has escaped from prison and is looking to get revenge on Craig. So Craig's dad takes him to Rancho Cucamonga to hide out with his Uncle Elroy and cousin Day-Day, who moved to the suburbs after winning the lottery. But once he gets there, Craig and Day-Day have a set of suburban misadventures that make his South Central experiences look tame.

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Plot Keywords:

suburb | profanity | marijuana joint | porn magazine | african american | 

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Taglines:

the suburbs make the hood look good

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, drug use and sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chris Tucker did not reprise his role of Smokey from the original film because he'd become a born again Christian after filming Money Talks (1997) and chose to do the Rush Hour series instead. His character is referenced throughout the film to explain his absence.

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Goofs

When Uncle Elroy is trying to free Day Day and Roach by cutting the duct tape, the tape already has a significantly large cut before Elroy even begins to cut it.

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Quotes

Day-Day: Roach, if Pinky catches you doing that X-Games shit on the counter, we both gon' be fired!
African: [walking in store] Motherfuckers. You motherfuckers! What the fuck is this? You motherfuckers!
Day-Day: Can I help you, sir?
African: Yes, what is this? Huh? This is whack! I can't get jiggy with this shit! Where's your damn manager, that pink motherfucker?
Day-Day: The manager's not here. I'm running the store right now.
African: You look like the playa-hater who sold me this shit. Give me back my damn money right now, and I don't have no damn ...
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Crazy Credits

As the main titles form out of smoke, Ice Cube and DJ Pooh comment on them.

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Alternate Versions

The DVD edition uses stills from a cut scene from the film (of Stanley and an unnamed woman, meeting at Rancho Cucamonga with a relator, who was credited for appearing in the movie, despite not being in the final cut) during its menus. Yet, this scene is not included on the disc in any form other than those still pictures.

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Connections

Spoofed in Official Next Friday Parody (2012)

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Soundtracks

Chase Me
Written by Michael Vernon Cooper (as Michael Cooper) and Felton Pilate
Performed by Con Funk Shun
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

User Reviews

Some Funny ish! Good and Really Funny!

I went to see this movie and even though I did'nt care too much for the first one, (Mainly because I saw it like 5,999,999,999 times) I really liked this movie. There were some real funny scenes especially with Mike Epps. I did'nt care much for the Joker brothers but, I liked Ms. Ho-Wang. I wish she would have been in it some more. I think the story could have been better developed and you could have had a slightly better climax but, this movie is straight laughs!! I would recommend it over "Any Given Sunday"!!

Details

Official Sites:

HBOMAX Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

12 January 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday 2

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,465,156, 16 January 2000

Gross USA:

$57,328,603

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,827,328

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Cube Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1