Top Five
stand-up comedian,tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.
7 September 1967, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
11 December 1937, Columbus, Ohio, USA
20 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
7 August 1951, Seattle, Washington, USA
6 May 1983, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
20 May 1987, Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
7 December 1954, Suffolk County, New York, USA
9 September 1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
19 September 1954, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
9 May 1979, New York City, New York, USA
20 August 1936, Ponce, Puerto Rico
22 April 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 March 1984, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
April 17, 2016
[Rock's] high notes are higher than ever, his penchant for uproarious comedy intact, but his cinematic voice remains inexplicably lost in the din.January 05, 2015
As a director, Chris Rock makes a fine stand-up comic.December 12, 2014
For an ostensibly soul-deep movie like this to work, we need more than smirks and scowls.March 24, 2016
It's a familiar structure that Rock juggles well and fills with sharp, smart, and often hilarious take on the mid-life crisis of an artist caught between public expectations, private ambitions and anxieties, and professional compromises and commitmentsMarch 21, 2017
Top Five gives us a glimpse of [Rock's] comic genius. Just a tad.January 05, 2015
Chris Rock's Top Five is very funny -- no surprise there -- but it's also unexpectedly romantic.December 14, 2014
A seriously funny, semi-autobiographical film that might be the most accomplished work Chris Rock has ever done for the big screen.June 07, 2016
He finds a cinematic approximation of his act: free-flowing, unpredictable, personal, spiced up with pop cultural references, political shout-outs, and a decidedly hip-hop energy, and above all else, funny as hell.December 30, 2015
[An] overly self-referential comedy shot through with an uncomfortable dose of Serious Themes.December 12, 2014
Like Rock's best stand-up shows, Top Five mixes the sweet with the salty, the naughty with the remarkably kind. It celebrates the darkly hilarious with the light of whip-smart observations.December 30, 2015
I honestly expected the movie to be funnier, but I did laugh out loud multiple times.December 12, 2014
It doesn't always hit its mark, but even its misses feel personal and unself-conscious - a genuine reflection of Chris Rock, auteur.