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Cookout, The (2004)

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Release Date: September 3, 2004
On DVD: January 18, 2005
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual references and language.
Director: Lance Rivera
Writer: Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere
Cast: Queen Latifah, Quran Pender, Ja Rule, Eve, Jonathan Silverman, Jenifer Lewis, Meagan Good, Tim Meadows, Farrah Fawcett, Danny Glover, Storm P

Todd Anderson is the #1 NBA draft pick and has decided to hold his annual family cookout for the neighborhood as a celebration. Of course, with all of his newfound fame and wealth, new "friends" are bound to show up, as well as the neighborhood security guard, played by Queen Latifah, who is determined to keep everyone under control. Read more

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Grade: D+ Poking fun at the stupidity that ensues when a young athlete signs his first big contract and the typical fish-out-of-water story of black people in a white man's community, "The Cookout" features a mildly impressive cast who has the potential to make something of it all. Unfortunately, "The Cookout" isn't funny. Read the full movie review

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yo, by eddy

July 8, 2005

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