Chris Rock's Top Five is without question the pinnacle of the comedian's film career to-date, a raucous comedy about celebrity, addiction, race, and artistic merit, that feels personal and refreshingly honest. The film is centered around Andre Allen, a very successful comedian/movie star that has decided he wants to make more serious content. Much of the film is centered around an interview Andre has with a New York Times journalist, where Andre is forced to confront his past career failings and come to terms with what he wants to achieve artistically. Tackling show business with rampant honestly, specifically as it pertains to being a minority in the massive celebrity machine, Top Five is a smart, hilarious expose of "the industry' that also manages to feel very personal. Smart yet raunchy, Top Five features some great comedic performances, specifically some of the most memorable cameos in recent memory, stemming from Jerry Seinfeld living it up in a strip club, to DMX expressing his desire to become a slow-jazz/blues type of singer. My only real critique about Top Five would be centered around the romance that develops between Andre and the Times reporter, which feels unnecessary and almost out of place in a movie that feels so organic and fresh otherwise. Soulful and astute, Top Five is a personal film that says a lot about the current state of contemporary society, being outrageously funny in the process.
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