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NUMBERS
Box Office: $25,482,931
VHS Rentals: $1,850,000
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CONSENSUS
A sloppy, poorly directed action-comedy, All About the Benjamins is too derivative and gratuitously violent.
CAST & CREW
Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tommy Flanagan
Directed by Kevin Bray
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SYNOPSIS
Small time hustler Reggie Wright (Mike Epps) is a con man and perpetual target of Miami bounty hunter Bucum Jackson (Ice Cube). One afternoon Bucum chases Reggie into a commercial shoot where they stumble upon a diamond heist culminating in a multiple slaying. more...
MPAA RATING
R, strong violence, pervasive language, and brief sexuality
RUNTIME
1 hour, 39 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Mar 8, 2002
Video: Aug 20, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
New Line Cinema
GENRE
Action/Adventure
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official All About the Benjamins Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Witless but watchable."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
 "Falters when it takes itself too seriously and when it depends too heavily on its otherwise talented cast to clown in situations that aren't funny."
-- Mack Bates, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"A rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by Epps."
-- Rick Bentley, FRESNO BEE
"...in no way original, or even all that memorable, but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy, it doesn't disappoint."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"There is a general air of exuberance in All About The Benjamins that's hard to resist."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"There's no question that Epps scores once or twice, but it's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"...in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who don’t know how to tell a story for more than four minutes."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"One of those films that seems tailor made to air on pay cable to offer some modest amusements when one has nothing else to watch."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"With its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action, All About the Benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s."
-- Daniel Eagan, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Thanks to Ice Cube, Benjamins feels an awful lot like Friday in Miami."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"From the opening scenes, it's clear that All About the Benjamins is a totally formulaic movie."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"Cube's charisma and chemistry compensate for corniness and cliche."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"Bray is completely at sea; with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume, he has no clue about making a movie."
-- Jim Lane, SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
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"As violent, profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you've ever seen."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Director Kevin Bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the “Miami Vice” checklist of power boats, Latin music and dog tracks. He doesn’t, however, deliver nearly enough of the show's trademark style and flash."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Many of Benjamins' elements feel like they’ve been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice."
-- Paul Clinton, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Hit and miss as far as the comedy goes and a big ole’ miss in the way of story."
-- Ryan Cracknell, APOLLO GUIDE
"Directed by Kevin Bray, whose crisp framing, edgy camera work, and wholesale ineptitude with acting, tone and pace very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut."
-- Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. WEEKLY
"The lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma. We don't even like their characters."
-- Blake French, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Often is ... an enjoyable if ethically threadbare caper flick."
-- Ian Grey, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"It works remarkably well as a mindless diversion."
-- Louis B. Hobson, JAM! MOVIES
"Its generic villains lack any intrigue (other than their funny accents) and the action scenes are poorly delivered."
-- Ellen Kim, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Spend your Benjamins on a matinee."
-- Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel, 3BLACKCHICKS REVIEW
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ROTTEN 33%
Avg. Rating: 4.7/10 |
"May be more genial than ingenious, but it gets the job done."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Filled with low-brow humor, gratuitous violence and a disturbing disregard for life."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"One groan-inducing familiarity begets another."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"In this refreshingly shameless celebration of money and expensive stuff, director Kevin Bray grabs every retro action-film cliché."
-- Liam Lacey, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Everything is off."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Violent, vulgar and forgettably entertaining."
-- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"The action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"An entertaining, if somewhat standardized, action movie."
-- Jonathan Perry, BOSTON GLOBE
"Goes a long way on hedonistic gusto."
-- Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR
"The action clichés just pile up."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
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"A slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time."
-- Joe Leydon, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
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