Miles Waise is a fast rising nightclub comedian whose life is made difficult by his brother Fifty Dollah, a scheming hood whose dream is to start a comedy club with Foolish. And they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her.
28 March 1947, Tifton, Georgia, USA
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
20 February 1945, Redlands, California, USA
29 September 1957, Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 June 1958, Dallas, Texas, USA
6 January 1952, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
1966, Lynwood, California, USA
1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 December 1973, San Francisco, California, USA
12 August 1974, Sacramento, California, USA
7 July 1956, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
26 February 1943, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
15 July 1968, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
April 10, 2001
Pretty much a bad excuse to work in stand-up material courtesy of Griffin, scenes with Andrew Dice Clay, and buxom, naked chicks.
January 01, 2000
The film loses complete credibility when the audiences at the comedy clubs where Foolish works go wild with delight, way out of proportion to the hilarity of the material. And Foolish is just a little too smug about his artistic integrity.
August 03, 2009
Eddie Griffin buffs have the best reason to check out this amateurish effort: Griffin's profane, sometimes sharply observed stand-up routines take up a big chunk of the movie's total running time.
August 03, 2009
The miserable production values-the cardboard sets rival a Little Rascals talent show-and P's stone-faced delivery are merely amateurish, but as a vanity project for Griffin, Foolish is downright appalling.
August 07, 2008
Griffin's few sparks onstage are not worth the wait.
January 01, 2000
Balancing comedy with drama is tough for the best writers and even tougher for newcomers.
January 01, 2000
It's probably more reasonable to evaluate it as an Eddie Griffin concert film.
January 01, 2000
The whole thing has an off-puttingly thrown-together air.
January 01, 2000
What would inspire someone who cannot write or act to pen and star in a movie?
August 03, 2009
A strange combination of urban melodrama and comedy concert film.
January 20, 2007
Simpleminded melodrama about two brothers' conflicting struggles to better their lives. Oops, not only did I describe the story, I just gave the entire story away. Sorry.
