Next Day Air

  • 2009


MOVIE IS intentioned powerful lethargic interconnecting oppressive
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25 %
21 % Rotten
$ 10 Million
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Positive Reviews 10
Negative reviews 25
Average Rating 2.0/5
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3.0
A very pleasant surprise, Next Day Air is the rare crime comedy that does justice to both sides of the equation. Av Club
3.8
But this films director, Benny Boom, a music video director, knows what hes doing and skillfully intercuts the story strands. Rogerebert
2.0
Seeing yet another veteran of The Wire in a subpar flick begs the question of whether there will ever be another creative vehicle for a minority cast .. Common Sense Media
0.6
An incessantly talky, inert crime film thats like a hip hop poseur, all swagger and mouth but with no real taste for the grittiness of thug life.
1.5
In the end, its a fitfully amusing, sloppy comedy that doesnt work very hard for your 10 bucks.
1.3
Def and Faison are the good guys, and theyre the best thing about an uneven movie that has some clever moments but is limited by its low budget and la .. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
He may be a first time feature director, but music video master Benny Boom clearly knows how to pull a midlevel movie together. Thats harder than it s .. Ny Daily News
3.0
Its hard to make a movie that ends with blazing guns and dead bodies and still send the audience away laughing, but Next Day Air finds the right drive .. Philly
2.0
Winds up seeming less pleasurably anarchic than simply messy and crude. One Guys Opinion
1.5
There are no cops, not much farcical energy, and none of the satiric edge it would take to pull off the films grim denouement. Village Voice
2.5
Its an oddly lethargic production, heavy in foul language and gun pointing, but slow witted and uninspired. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Next Day Air cant decide whether its a broad stoner comedy or a gritty Tarantino esque action flick. The humor is there, but violence brings the laugh .. Usa Today
3.0
I barely detected moments that even seemed like they were supposed to be funny, let alone ones that actually were. Eric Ds Nider
1.0
Next Day Air is a talentless travesty, a trying torture fest that wants to believe its cool and contemporary. Pop Matters
2.5
Far from the worst of Taran tino knockoffs, Next Day Air takes the standard formula of dimwits chasing bags of drugs to the hood. New York Post
2.0
The filmmakers behind Next Day Air probably have posters of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino lining their bedroom walls. Az Central
1.9
So why isnt it more fun Well, to borrow a line from its ad campaign: Think inside the box. Boston
0.5
Epps isnt funny here, and while Mos Def is always a plus, hes only in two or three negligible scenes and isnt given much to do in them. Mountain X
0.6
That the interconnecting storylines are treated with a light, comedic tone doesnt help matters. The Movie Boy
1.5
Tired gangsta posturing and crude violence, delivered with a complete lack of style. Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Based on modest expectations Next Day Air delivers just the entertainment package it promises namely, dumb laughs laced with violence and it kinda wor .. Hollywood
2.5
Next Day Air is dumb. Completely, totally and almost irredeemably dumb. Movie Freak
2.5
Next Day Air is well intentioned but ill thought, an amateur work by a first time filmmaking team trying to make the kind of film they like to watch, ..
1.5
the movie is truly an imitation because it lacks the quality and finesse that this sort of genre usually has 7M Pictures
5.0
A screwball comedy/splatter flick which might best thought of as a campy cross of Cotton Comes to Harlem and No Country for Old Men. News Blaze
2.0
While it might sound like a lightening paced corker of a comedy, Air doesnt seem very interested in retrieving giggles. Brian Or Ndorf
1.8
Tilda Swinton delivers a bravura performance thats so convincingly raw and powerful that youre forgetting that youre watching Tilda Swinton, much like .. Nyc Movie Guru
2.0
The laughs come easily enough. But the violence and grim finale drag this coke deal gone wrong comedy into a hole it cant giggle its way out of. Orlando Sentinel
2.0
First time feature director Benny Boom and writer Blair Cobbs get a lot of help from their cast, and the banter is often akin to a thug Three Stooges .. Detroit News
0.5
The thing about a script comprising 60 percent words that rhyme with stitch, spit and mothertruckers is it doesnt allow for many jokes. Metromix.com
4.5
Filmgoers who think outside the artmovie box will discover that the artful and enjoyable Next Day Air offers an episode of 21st century black American .. Ny Press
1.5
keeps the proceedings competent in the face of a labyrinthine plot that begs for more so called flair than it deserves. Cinematical
2.0
To add insult to injury, the mindless comedy turns into a mindless shoot em up. Mark this package delivery refused. Movie Mom
1.0
It delivers neither laughs nor chills and offers no visuals more interesting than the Exit signs on the theater doors. Kc Active
2.5
Forty years from now, this may be fascinating for its relentless early 21st century urban slang and attitude. Lets hope it also seems antique for the .. Gomemphis
0.0
Next Day Air is unecessarily violent and completely pointless. One of the worst films of the year.
1.9
Heres a project so ill conceived that it finds room in its cast for the talented Mos Def but then bungles that gift by giving him the smallest role am ..
2.0
Any shreds of comedy are literally blown away in a violent climax that sees most of the cast shooting at each other, complete with graphic blood spurt .. MSNBC
3.0
I admire Benny Booms effort; he wanted to make a movie and did it. One can only hope his next venture in Hollywood will be more original and sharp. BET.com
1.5
A messy and unpleasant genre mashup that needed at least two or three rewrites before shooting started. Giant Blackplanet
3.5
Updates the spirit of blaxploitation without feeling pressed to worship or satirize it.



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