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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Sep 2004

Chris Rock was busy directing, producing, co-writing and starring in this light comedy…

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By Mark Collette (97) for Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (351) on 19 Sep 2004

Not merely satisfied with stereotyping whites, Rock insists on taking shots at blacks, fat people, poor people and even spina bifida patients…

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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 05 Jan 2004

It may be an overly simplistic fantasy, but it's a funny one, and you won't find anything at the cineplex more relevant…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 04 Jan 2004

Rock serves as star, director, co-writer, and co-producer, so he can't point fingers at anyone else when the film loses its way…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (137) on 25 Jun 2003

Like so many of his other films, it's still not the movie that Chris Rock's fans know he's capable of making…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 18 Jun 2003

But in his acting pursuits, Rock just doesn't do well…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 15 Apr 2003

Rather than grab the political bull by the horns -- as did Warren Beatty's Bulworth a few years back or Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine…

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By Tim Cogshell (223) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 30 Mar 2003

The satirical parts are sharp and funny while the broad comedy is banal and not funny. It makes for an insanely uneven movie…

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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for Fat Guys at the Movies (419) on 30 Mar 2003

The plot is so whisper thin that even though I laughed throughout the film, I walked away unsatisfied…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 30 Mar 2003

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Mar 2003

The premise is pure Chris Rock but the execution isn't up to Martin Lawrence standards thanks to Rock's amateurish direction…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 29 Mar 2003

the actors are never really allowed to develop characters; they seem to exist only to further the substandard plot…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 29 Mar 2003

[Chris Rock] knows what is funny and how to get a laugh, and there is enough energy in the proceedings to carry him through this lightweight…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for TheWorldJournal.com (76) on 29 Mar 2003

Rock, one of this generation's smartest and sharpest comics, is reduced to treading lukewarm waters in a disjointed slaphappy hip comedy that…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 29 Mar 2003

The key term here is fairy tale, because, although the movie occasionally tries for dramatic moments, they're overplayed, undercooked, and…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Journal News (Westchester, NY) (178) on 29 Mar 2003

Comes closer to capturing Chris Rock's stand-up persona than anything else he's done so far…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Mar 2003

In its unassuming way, it's a most satisfying political satire…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 28 Mar 2003

Not the sharpest political humor I've ever heard, but it gets my vote for the stupidest fun I've had in a long time…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 28 Mar 2003

The comedy has been dumbed-down so extensively that it's not clear what's being made fun of…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 28 Mar 2003

There's enough wrong with it -- the uneven pacing, haphazard storytelling, cartoon characters, repeating running gags until they're predictable…

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