Friday

"A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday..."

1995 1h 31m EN

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7.2

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 2,118●54Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 134,571

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Synopsis

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Craig 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.

“A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday...”

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Cast

Ice Cube
Craig
Chris Tucker
Smokey
Nia Long
Debbie
Tommy Lister Jr.
Deebo
John Witherspoon
Mr. Jones
Anna Maria Horsford
Mrs. Jones
Regina King
Dana
Paula Jai Parker
Joi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: F. Gary Gray
Writers: Ice Cube, DJ Pooh
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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 F. Gary Gray, shot by Gerry Lively. 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 Simon Franglen. 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 John Carter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

RUNTIME

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Ice Cube and Chris Tucker and Nia Long carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

F. Gary Gray directs. Gerry Lively behind the camera. Simon Franglen scores. John Carter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Friday Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by F. Gary Gray, shot by Gerry Lively. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Simon Franglen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor John Carter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Ice Cube and Chris Tucker and Nia Long carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday...".
10IMDB entry: tt0113118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "drug dealer", "rap music", "parent child relationship", "rapper".

The technical file

Cinematography: Gerry Lively
Original score: Simon Franglen
Editing: John Carter
Production design: Bruce Bellamy
Makeup / hair: Cassi Mari
Sound: William Freesh
Stunt coordinator: Julius LeFlore
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,500,000
Box office: $28,215,918
Return: 806% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Friday (1995)
Metacritic: 54/100
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 134,571 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 5 nominations total

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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F. Gary Gray

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Andre Gonzales2023-05-16
★ 10/10
Damnnnnnnnn! You got knocked the fuck out man! Everyone should know this movie. If you've never seen it then your missing out.
r96sk2025-03-05
★ 7/10
<em>'Friday'</em> is decently amusing viewing. The only thing I knew coming into it was the leads and their much used 'damn'; always fun to seeing memes in their original form, I was waiting for it to show up. Ice Cube and Chris Tucker are a well chosen pairing here. The rest of the cast are noteworthy, a fair number of known faces. Nia Long, Regina King and Bernie Mac being the biggest that I recognised, John Witherspoon and Faizon Love are in there too. The plot could've done with a few more layers of interest, though the end is good.