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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Jamie & Nia, were times that hard?
Review: This had to be one of the worst movies i've ever seen. I'm a huge fan of Jamie Foxx and Nia Long is a diva, so I figured I couldn't lose on this movie. Boy, was I wrong, the whole plot was stupid, not to mention Jamie wasn't funny. The only kicks I got out of it were laughing with my girl about how stupid we were for renting it and picking it apart. C'mon now, how many sistas do you know would get in a truck full of rednecks in the middle of nowhere?

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Jamie & Nia, were times that hard?
Review: This had to be one of the worst movies i've ever seen. I'm a huge fan of Jamie Foxx and Nia Long is a diva, so I figured I couldn't lose on this movie. Boy, was I wrong, the whole plot was stupid, not to mention Jamie wasn't funny. The only kicks I got out of it were laughing with my girl about how stupid we were for renting it and picking it apart. C'mon now, how many sistas do you know would get in a truck full of rednecks in the middle of nowhere?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not too many laughs...
Review: This is a pretty silly movie. The idea of someone holding up a place at gunpoint, taking hostages, and the hostages eventually sympathizing and siding with the robber... well, it's been done before and much better. The talent of Nia Long is wasted in this movie. Most of her screen-time takes place at the very beginning and end of the film.

I gave this an extra star simply because Jamie Foxx has some funny moments in this. He's a major talent and really deserves to do better films than this. He's a great actor, both comic and dramatic.

The DVD features certainly don't make up for the poor quality of the film. Besides the film's trailer (and a few trailers for other Trimark films) the only feature is a four minute interview with Jamie Foxx.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Horrible
Review: What a terrible movie. Jamie you should be ashamed of yourself. I think you knew the script sucked but you did the movie anyway for the money. Lame awful script with unfunny jokes. There are shameless and embarrasing commercial plugs for name brand products through the whole movie. I guess the studio didn't want to sink all their money in this flop so they got endorsements. A waste of Jamie's and Nia's talent. The screenwriter should be banished to a remote island

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Held Back
Review: When it comes to comedies, I'm very easy to please, honest. I absolutley LOVE a good comedy. I always anticipate the laughter to come, and get in a good mood just looking forward to watching it. But this movie reeked. Number of laughs I got? I can count them on one finger. It's difficult to describe the ineffectiveness of this movie, you just have to see it. It seemed as if all the jokes were strained, and the acting was just uninspired and flat, that's the only way I can describe it. To me it seemed as if every actor/actress was bored to death while they were doing this film. Trust me, this one is a waste of time and money, this coming from a man who likes 98 out of every 100 comedies he sees.


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