SummaryFebruary 26 and 27, 2000, the Original Kings of Comedy play Charlotte, NC. The themes are Blacks and Whites, men and women, old-school and hip-hop. Steve Harvey emcees, celebrates '70s music and lyrics of love, and pokes at folks in the front row. D.L. Hughley mines racial differences and talks about his marriage. Cedric the Entertainer riffs on ... Read More
Directed By:Spike Lee
Written By:Cedric The Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Bernie Mac
The Original Kings of Comedy
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Generally Favorable
73
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
84% Positive
31 Reviews
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14% Mixed
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100
Not only exhilarating and cathartic. It's too funny to be ignored.
88
It's not so much good material as divinely inspired delivery.
80
It's a very funny film, one of the most enjoyable of the summer.
75
Can make a person sick in two ways at once -- through its lowdown raunch and through the spasms of laughter that use stomach muscles one might not have known existed.
70
A two-hour slice --of comedy pie.
63
One funny movie - for at least half the time.
30
The relentlessly self-congratulatory tone is oppressive.
User score
Mixed or Average
44% Positive
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Production Company:
- 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
- Latham Entertainment
- MTV Films
Release Date:Aug 18, 2000
Duration:1 h 55 m
Rating:R
Tagline:We Got Jokes.
Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
