Another Ice Cube ode to laziness, pot smoking and other negative African-American stereotypes, this time set to a jingle-bell beat. Along with Mike Epps, the rapper returns to his old south-central Los Angeles neighborhood in this third installment of the comedy series, primarily to chase down a renegade Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Decidedly less compassionate a portrait of community than Ice Cube’s wonderful Barbershop,
Friday After Next is for those who think nothing’s funnier than calling just about every woman who appears on screen a “ho.
