I was so prepared to dislike this remake of the classic Jackie Gleason sitcom, because the all-black cast seemed like a gimmick and because it just looked dumb and soulless. And sometimes I should shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about. Cedric the Entertainer, who fills in for the Great One as dreaming, scheming bus driver Ralph Cramden, occasionally lapses into a Gleason imitation, but I get why he was cast — he's the universal guy, who has a pretty wife, a dead-end job and the feeling that, this time, he's got the ticket to the big time. Read the full review
Bus driver Ralph Kramden and his best friend, sewer worker Ed Norton, hatch a get-rich-quick scheme to get out of Brooklun and onto easy street in this updated film adaptation of the classic Jackie Gleason and Art Carney television skits.
Director: John Schultz
Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall
Run time: 85 minutes
Release date: June 10, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for some innuendo and rude humor.
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The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"What I liked the best: A movie about black people who get to be happily married and sweet to each other..."
The Associated Press: D+
"...comes off as a string of clumsily connected skits that would play to listless effect on the small screen; the big screen magnifies the lack of humor."
