Top Five

2014
6.4| 1h42m| R| en| More Info
Released: 12 December 2014 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.topfivemovie.com/
Synopsis

A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

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Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
merelyaninnuendo Top FiveChris Rock's hints of amusing perspective towards the details of the world is present in each of its character and is also the reason why Top Five is one of those rare features that has a unique concept, edgy characters, funny dialogues and a twisted love story.
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.
kosmasp Still while Stand Up comedians have a tough time translating onto the big screen, this is a pretty decent effort. Helped by the ever beautiful and talented Rosario Dawson. The fact that Chris Rock kind of plays himself helps too. Why they chose the title is explained during the running time of the movie, though you'd still expect this to have a different title than what characters ask themselves (list wise).The jokes keep coming and the viewer is like a spectator of "reality TV show". That's how it feels, but in a good sense. As in "a day in the life of ...". And he even does a short stand up routine. There's bonus material of that in the extras of the Disc. Not the best comedy there is, but more than a decent effort
2fresh 2clean "Top Five" is an OK film. Not including "New Jack City" it had about the same mediocre luster as any other Chris Rock film. To me it started off a little boring but got kind of interesting as the film led on to what it was really about. Because Chris Rock is the writer of this film and I find some of his stand-up comedy funny there were some parts that did have me laughing at times. For instance when Andre Allen (Chris Rock) and some of his family members were talking about what a very popular rapper would be doing now if he were alive today and Andre Allen (Chris Rock) mentioned that he would probably be playing in a Tyler Perry Movie knocking Jill Scott down a flight of stairs, I thought that was funny being that I'm not a fan of Tyler Perry movies and the scene with his fiancé Erica Long (Gabrielle Union) moved Adam Sandler's seating picture at their wedding to a back row was funny as well because I'm not a fan of his either. Some of the acting in this film was well played out by a wonderful cast which also made it worth watching so if you're looking for a decent film to laugh at a little you won't go wrong with one.