Top Five

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Top Five

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2014

1h 41m

Comedy

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Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen (Chris Rock) hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear. Andre is forced to spend the day with Chelsea (Rosario Dawson) a profile writer for the New York Times, whose film critic has just panned Andre's passion project about the Haitian Revolution. Unexpectedly, Andre opens up to Chelsea, and as they wind their way across New York, Andre tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.

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Critics Consensus

As smart, funny, and trenchant as writer-director-star Chris Rock's best standup work, Top Five is a career highlight for its creator -- and one of the comedy standouts of 2014.

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Michael Jones

Shadow and Act

08/15/2017

3/5

Overall, I appreciate what this film does in showcasing a more serious Chris Rock. I think it's his best film to date.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

03/21/2017

Top Five gives us a glimpse of [Rock's] comic genius. Just a tad.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/07/2016

He finds a cinematic approximation of his act: free-flowing, unpredictable, personal, spiced up with pop cultural references, political shout-outs, and a decidedly hip-hop energy, and above all else, funny as hell.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

08/20/2023

It's a familiar structure that Rock juggles well and fills with sharp, smart, and often hilarious take on the mid-life crisis of an artist caught between public expectations, private ambitions and anxieties, and professional compromises and commitments.

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Kip Mooney

Central Track

08/10/2021

A-

An absolute embarrassment of riches.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/02/2021

4/5

Rock and Dawson spark in long, uncut scenes of dialogue that echo Before Midnight. Flirting and sparring throughout the film, they are at the heart of the story but Rock has populated the movie with other interesting characters and cameos.

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Keith B.

@Okbullard Apr 26

I watched because I remember Chris Rock's standup and other films, he's hilarious. I wasn't sure what the top five was in the movie and had to Google it. Well I grew up in the 60s and don't really agree rap is a legitimate music genre. To me rap is crap but anyway I still liked the film.

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kevenquinlan T

@RT75276071 08/09/2025

Great movie. Don't listen to the few in the pop meter who didn't get it. It's funny, touches on tropes of black americans, was well written and paced. I liked everything about the movie and totally enjoyed it. That being said= I don't love Chris Rock. I think he funny but he's not one of my favorite comedians. This was good cinema though and I give credit when it's deserved. Rosario is great too, she should be doing way more movies than she does and she should also be producing my children.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 07/03/2025

The worldwide gross is $26,117,471.00.

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Matteo G

@TigerTeo 10/06/2024

Boring and pointless...did the other people writings here watch it?

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Alec B

@Alec97 12/13/2023

The plot is often forced and seems unnecessary, especially since the film is at it's best during the rambling conversations between Rock and Dawson (or anyone else for that matter).

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steve d

@RT35616104 12/12/2022

Nothing about it is remotely convincing.

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Synopsis

Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen (Chris Rock) hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear. Andre is forced to spend the day with Chelsea (Rosario Dawson) a profile writer for the New York Times, whose film critic has just panned Andre's passion project about the Haitian Revolution. Unexpectedly, Andre opens up to Chelsea, and as they wind their way across New York, Andre tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.

Director: Chris Rock
Producer: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush
Screenwriter: Chris Rock
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Crude Humor|Nudity|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.3M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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