Top Five


Top Five
A top New York City comedian-turned-film star has an unexpected encounter with a journalist, which forces him to confront the comedy career, and the past, that he's left behind. In the process the film takes a look under the surface of show business, politics, rap, and the consequences of being black and famous.

102 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Romance.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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This movie is joke!

Credits

Cast
Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union, Romany Malco, Hayley Marie Norman, Anders Holm, Cedric the Entertainer
Director
Chris Rock
ScreenplayChris Rock
MusicLudwig Göransson, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
CinematographyManuel Alberto Claro
EditingAnne McCabe
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2014
Produced byIAC Films, Jax Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageStrong impact, frequent
NudityModerate to strong and infrequent
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceLow to mild and non-threatening
PrejudiceLow impact justified by context
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
0
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
2
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
5
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
18 +
Positive messages
2
Positive role models
1
Violence
2
Sex
5
Language
5
Consumerism
1
Drinking, drugs, smoking
3

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconRocking his own reality.
15
Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi quote iconKunsmatige werklikheid.
10
Cape Times
Jordan Mintzer quote iconSketch comedy.
20
Metacritic.com
35 critics
16
Rottentomatoes critics
137 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconAs smart, funny, and trenchant as writer-director-star Chris Rock's best standup work, Top Five is a career highlight for its creator -- and one of the comedy standouts of 2014.
18
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
14
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconExtremely vulgar and sexy, but also funny and sweet.
15

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
97 users
13
Rottentomatoes users
22597 users
13
Internet
9535 Netizens quote iconA Well-written Chris Rock Movie; Observational as well as Hilarious
13

Average .. 74%

15

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