Top Five
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2014
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Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.
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Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
12 Dec 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$12,000,000
Revenue:
$26,117,471
Awards:
5 wins & 21 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A seriously funny, semi-autobiographical film that might be the most accomplished work Chris Rock has ever done for the big screen.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
14 Dec 2014
fresh:
Like Rock's best stand-up shows, Top Five mixes the sweet with the salty, the naughty with the remarkably kind. It celebrates the darkly hilarious with the light of whip-smart observations.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
12 Dec 2014
rotten:
For an ostensibly soul-deep movie like this to work, we need more than smirks and scowls.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 Dec 2014
fresh:
Top Five finds Rock in an elevated form, at 49. Things change, sometimes for the better.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
12 Dec 2014
fresh:
Extremely enjoyable ...
– David Haglund,
Slate,
12 Dec 2014