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03/26/09
CB4 (1993)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:11
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6/10
Synopsis: Chris Rock stars in this rap version of THIS IS SPINAL TAP as Albert, a suburban wannabe rap star who, along with two friends, has tried everything to break into the music business. However, when... [More]
Reviews for CB4
1 - 19 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticPartly scripted by Nelson George, the premier authority on hip hop, the film is not without moments of insight, and there are certainly enough gross-out gags to keep you watching.
08/20/08
Top CriticTorn between celebration and sendup, CB4 misses its big target as often as it hits.
03/31/08
CB4 just isn't too funny, and one gets the feeling that the filmmakers themselves lacked the resolve or coherence of vision to mock rap in any effective fashion.
12/17/07
Top CriticIn parts it is hugely, monstrously funny.
02/09/06
An amusing look at the early days of the gangsta rappers.
12/06/05
No review available.
08/08/05
CB4 promises sharper satire than it actually delivers.
09/07/04
Top Critic
No review available.
02/22/04
A muddled but often funny rap satire.
01/02/04
No review available.
10/03/03
Resolutely lame in all the wrong places, CB4 is nowhere near the witty satire it purports to be.
07/06/03
No review available.
01/23/03
A fast-paced and frequently hilarious spoof of the old-school rap world.
07/25/02
Though CB4 starts out as a fairly amusing rap variation of This is Spinal Tap! it quickly sinks into a raunchy, sexist series of off-the-wall gags that go nowhere.
01/01/00
If your mood is loose and profane, if you speak hip-hop (or you just like hearing it) and if you think Rock is funny (he is), you'll be glad you checked this out.
01/01/00
Top CriticThere's an unexpected innocence mixed in here that helps to blunt the pointed raunchiness (and political incorrectness) of the subject.
01/01/00
Top CriticAs a series of ocasionally-amusing vignettes, CB4 is is fitfully entertaining. However, when everything is tied together into a cohesive whole, this movie is a colossal mess.
01/01/00
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