Movie
Top Five
Overview
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-12-12
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- IAC Films, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Jax Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Chris Rock as Andre Allen
- Rosario Dawson as Chelsea Brown
- JB Smoove as Silk
- Gabrielle Union as Erica Long
- Romany Malco as Benny
- Anders Holm as Brad
- Cedric the Entertainer as Jazzy Dee
- Kevin Hart as Charles
- Tracy Morgan as Fred
- Sherri Shepherd as Vanessa
- Leslie Jones as Lisa
- Hayley Marie Norman as Tammy
Crew
- Chris Rock - Director
- Chris Rock - Writer
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