Clifton Johnson This movie started unevenly: odd cameos and unreal moments. The longer it went, the more I cared. Rock managed to make this character an actual person in actual moments. That's when it got funny. And worth watching. Here's hoping Chris Rock builds from here.

TonyMontana96 (Originally reviewed: 03/02/2017) Surprisingly quite good, which is a huge surprise considering I had no intention of actually seeing it, Chris Rock is a good comedian, I find him refreshingly funny and a stand-up guy, comedies are hit and miss these days, so it was nice to see a recent-ish one with more good jokes than bad. The only thing I remember him having a big part in, prior to Adam Sandler films was Death at a Funeral, a panned but pretty good comedy and a lot funnier than the vile Kick-ass trash that came out around the same time. Top Five has a lot of rap references and music, I do not listen to this type of music but his did not affect my enjoyment of the picture which has some good supporting talent and some far from talented. I could not understand a word Cedric the Entertainer was saying but he did have one scene where I somehow laughed, and DMX is pretty funny, most notably when he tries to sing in jail and inmates shout insults telling him to rap instead. Rosario Dawson is good here and has impressive chemistry with Chris Rock and in some well written scenes with decent dialogue, I also thought J.B. smoove (Silk) was funny and there's some decent cameos from Adam Sandler and Jerry Seinfeld. There are a few things I also disliked such as some of the raunchy sexual stuff that was unfunny, some of the performances are lame including Gabrielle Union (Rock's on screen fiancée)who I did not care for and homosexual weirdo played by Anders Holm who was desperately trying to be funny but fell flat and especially cameos from people like Kevin Hart and Tracy Morgan who I find insufferable, all Morgan does is talk rubbish and hope someone laughs, well you weren't funny in Cop-Out and your still not funny. I also despised Leslie Jones who played this butch, angry character who had no comedic talent whatsoever in my opinion.There's some pretty funny stuff including white people jokes and jokes about Planet of the Apes which I think work and I did like the story despite when it took turns into nowhere, and though the plot is nothing solid, Chris Rock's screenplay has enough funny moments than unfunny to warrant a recommendation from me; Top Five is a good comedy and where else can you see Rock go crazy in a supermarket because he noticed a film series of his called Hammy The Bear making profit from alcoholic beverages despite his sobriety.

szopeno In short, it was the worst comedy I watched within last three years. Now, to be honest, I am not a native speaker (as you can easily guess reading this review), so I watched it in Polish, so it could be that indeed in original there were some funny bits. It may be also that there is, as some people say, chemistry in original. But it was all lost in the translation. It all feel fake, terribly boring, with few bits thrown it to justify calling this... thing... a comedy.But I do not think it all can be blamed on translation. I've watched dozens of French, English, Russian, Czech and even Chinese comedies and I laughed. Here... I just kept looking at the watch to see how much it is left.Awful. Toxic. Avoid it.

tlonuqbar I love this movie (all the reasons in the title) & it's refreshing to see another great serious film /acting from a comedian, it actually contradicts what even Chris Rock said himself"People want comedians to be funny. I mean I love Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) but it ain't a better performance than in Dumb & Dumber (1994). I can do serious roles sometimes in other people's movies but not in one of my own. I don't wanna ask my fans to come and not laugh at me: 'Hey! Come on, let's go see Chris Rock not be funny!' "*KUDOS to C Rock debut as director, waiting for the next one !!! (& by the way JCarrey in ESofSM is just amazing, hate dumb & dumber)*source: IMDb