Top Five

2014 • 101 минут

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Pulsing with the rhythm of his greatest stand-up Chris Rock's TOP FIVE takes things to the next level reveling in the high and the low and blending a star-studded comedic romp with an irresistible romance. TOP FIVE digs under the surface of show business politics rap and the exigencies of being black and famous today—holding it all up to the light in the way only Chris Rock can. Mingling echoes of Woody Allen and Dick Gregory with the energy of Kanye West and Jay Z TOP FIVE is an original and radically new kind of American movie. Written by directed by and starring Chris Rock TOP FIVE tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him to confront the comedy career—and the past—that he's left behind. TOP FIVE is the star-studded comedy critics are calling “dazzlingly uproariously funny”.

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I really wanted to like this movie. It's written in the vein of some of my favorite Linklater movies like Before Sunset except that the dialogue is too mean spirited for its context. A lot of what is said mirrors the great life observations one would hear in a Chris Rock stand-up show. Unfortunately, when placed in the context of everyday conversation between two people, it comes off a bit forced and unrealistic in terms of the delivery of the insights and the reactions to what is said. I like the intentions of this film, but it really needed another layer of abstraction between stand-up and it's application to dialogue...Louie does a really good job of this.

CAUTION CAUTION Buyer by ware!!! 😠. The only reason to watch this movie would be to see an over abundance of Hollywood and comedic talent on screen. Unfortunately they aren't in any developing roles. I can't believe how many with this much talent could be so sub par. Chris Rock is "literally" unbelievable and sucks the life out of this film. He's like a comedy vampire. Not to mention the misleading advertising. To much talent to be so boring.

Top Five is for all intensive purposes a autobiography put on screen, and it gives Chris Rock a chance to make fun of other people and whine about how horrible it is to be a rich actor, which got particularly annoying for me the longer the film went on. Their are some laughs here, and it features the best five minutes of Adam Sandler's acting career, but overall is a very forgettable comedy, just like Chris Rock.