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.
Friday movies are a lot like an African-American version of Seinfeld; they're really about nothing. And if you can appreciate the cultural dislocation of their urban California milieu, same as Seinfeld, they can be funny as hell.
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
22 Nov 2002
rotten:
You'd have to be applying pretty loose critical standards to describe Friday After Next ... as a good movie, but in the coming weeks it may certainly prove a useful one.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
22 Nov 2002
rotten:
Frenetic but not really funny.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
22 Nov 2002
rotten:
This is a terrible movie, one of the worst comedies of the year.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
25 Nov 2002
rotten:
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the 'hood, Friday fans were wishing the new sequel was good.