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Title: Top Five (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chris Rock | ... | Andre Allen | |
| Rosario Dawson | ... | Chelsea Brown | |
| J.B. Smoove | ... | Silk | |
| Gabrielle Union | ... | Erica Long | |
| Romany Malco | ... | Benny Barnes | |
| Hayley Marie Norman | ... | Tammy | |
| Anders Holm | ... | Brad | |
| Cedric the Entertainer | ... | Jazzy Dee | |
| Karlie Redd | ... | Rhonda | |
| Kevin Barnett | ... | Columbia Student | |
| Genevieve Angelson | ... | Columbia Student | |
| Ben Cole | ... | Columbia Student | |
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Corey Brown | ... | Columbia Student |
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Maia Wilson | ... | Woman with Confidence |
| Teddy Coluca | ... | Maurice | |
New York Times reporter Chelsea Brown is spending a day interviewing comedian and recovering alcoholic Andre Allen, star of the hit film franchise Hammy The Bear, about a cop in a bear suit. Chelsea has forgotten her audio recorder, so they first go to her apartment. While there they discuss a magazine article about the Cinderella complex. Chelsea explains that Cinderella left something behind to let the prince know that she wanted to see him again..
Top Five isn't the best comedy I've seen in recent years, and it is largely forgettable throughout, but it is definitely a breath of fresh air in a movie genre that has, in recent years, become flooded with loud, obnoxious, and expensive blockbusters that try much too hard at being funny and end up only genuinely being funny for enough scenes to fill up the time for its preview. Or even worse, they go on to turn the movie into sequels or trilogies only to repeat the same basic plot with a few new characters for the sole purpose of making money, instead of making a quality film.
Top Five is a relatively mature and intelligent comedy throughout, that ends leaving the viewer satisfied, and for some wanting more but still content with it being the conclusion to this particular story and set of characters. I don't normally review movies on IMDb, but due to the irony of some of the cruel and unnecessarily critical reviews of this movie given by a decent amount of users that I read, after watching a movie that spends time shining light on the effects words have on people, no matter how famous, rich, or happy they are/appear to be.
This movie is by no means Chris Rock's masterpiece, but it is an intelligently crafted, and entertaining film that doesn't deserve to be given any less than a 5 rating. The 7 rating I gave it is largely due to the fact that I enjoy Chris Rock's comedy and he showed me in this film that he hasn't lost a bit of talent since his first big break. It's not a movie I would go see in theaters, but if it pops up for streaming on Netflix, its worth a watch for sure.