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Friday
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Friday is a 1995 American buddy comedy drama film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Ice Cube, who also serves as the narrator. The movie features a cast including Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, and Tommy Lister Jr. Produced by New Line Cinema, Ice Cube/Pat Charbonnet Productions, and Priority Films, the film was distributed by New Line Cinema and Netflix in video on demand format.
Set in Los Angeles and filmed in California, the narrative follows events between Thursday and Saturday. The production had a budget of 3,500,000 and generated revenue of 28,215,918. Edited by John Carter, the film runs for 91 minutes. It is the first entry in the Friday Collection and was followed by Next Friday.
Critical reception includes review scores of 6.5 out of 10, 77 percent, and 54 out of 100. Audience ratings are listed as 7.141 on TMDb and 7.2 on IMDb. The film is assessed against the Bechdel test.
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7.1Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Cast
- Ice Cube as Craig
- Chris Tucker as Smokey
- Nia Long as Debbie
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Deebo
- John Witherspoon as Mr. Jones
- Anna Maria Horsford as Mrs. Jones
Themes
- drug dealer
- rap music
- parent child relationship
- rapper
- male friendship
- urban life
- slacker
- pot smoking
- bully
- marijuana
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Next Friday
- Director
- F. Gary Gray
- Screenwriter
- Ice Cube
- Cast member
- Anthony Johnson
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 896459
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-01
- title
- Friday
- narrator
- Ice Cube
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- film editor
- John Carter
- review score
- 54/100
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