Friday After Next

"The party's back in the 'hood!"

2002 1h 25m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 482

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Craig and his cousin Day-Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib, working nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they set out to track down the culprit.

“The party's back in the 'hood!”

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Cast

Ice Cube
Craig
Mike Epps
Day-Day / Old Man with Shotgun
John Witherspoon
Mr. Jones
Don Curry
Uncle Elroy
Anna Maria Horsford
Mrs. Jones
Clifton Powell
Pinky
Bebe Drake
Mrs. Pearly
K.D. Aubert
Donna

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Marcus Raboy
Writers: Ice Cube, Matthias Beeguer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Friday Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Marcus Raboy, shot by Glen MacPherson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Suzanne Hines shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ice Cube and Mike Epps and John Witherspoon carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The party's back in the 'hood!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marcus Raboy directs. Glen MacPherson behind the camera. John Murphy scores. Suzanne Hines cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Part of the "Friday Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Marcus Raboy, shot by Glen MacPherson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Murphy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Suzanne Hines shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ice Cube and Mike Epps and John Witherspoon carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The party's back in the 'hood!".
9IMDB entry: tt0293815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "robbery", "guard", "shopping mall", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Glen MacPherson
Original score: John Murphy
Editing: Suzanne Hines
Production design: Amy Ancona
Makeup / hair: Fahmee Hakeem
Sound: Kenneth L. Johnson
Stunt coordinator: Keith Woulard
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $33,526,835
Return: 168% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Friday After Next (2002)

Part of

Friday Collection

Friday is a 1995 stoner buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray, making it his directorial debut for a hit movie. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr., and John Witherspoon, the film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones and Smokey, who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 PM that night. The film spawned two sequels: Next Friday and Friday After Next, and a proposed fourth film, Last Friday.

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Andre Gonzales2023-05-17
★ 6/10
Not as good as the other two. Still has some very funny parts. I wish Smoky would come back for one. With him, Ice Cube, and Mike Epps altogether would be hilarious. Wishful thinking!
r96sk2025-03-06
★ 5/10
<em>'Friday After Next'</em> is on the same level as the other sequel, so that's a good thing if you enjoyed this trilogy's previous entry. I didn't, so naturally didn't like this one either. In my opinion, this is a slight drop-off from last time out but for all intents and purposes it is just as boring. Ice Cube and Mike Epps are as before, the same can be said for John Witherspoon and Don Curry. Terry Crews and Katt Williams are newcomers so at least add a minimal amount of freshness, those two are responsible for any minor chuckles that occur; possibly Bebe Drake too. Sounds like a new entry, seemingly titled <em>'Last Friday'</em>, will be happening at some point in the future. Unless Chris Tucker returns, is it really worth it? There probably is an audience for it, in fairness.