It's a king-sized night of laughs when four top black comedians--Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac--take the stage in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a rousing, raucous and very uncensored look at soul versus rap, why black people don't bungee jump, church socials, dealing with kids and other topics. Spike Lee directs this hit concert film. 115 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English 5.1 and Dolby Surround; Subtitles: English; "making of" featurette; music video; scene access.

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Rating: R (restricted)

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(1). Steve Harvey does a pretty good job of mocking the characters in the Titanic film who choose to keep playing their violins amidst a major catastrophe. He later goes into detail about why he prefers "old-school" music; particularly old-school R&B, over the hip-hop and rap trends that seem to be preferred by the modern generation. He does an effective job of lambasting rappers, and is absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious. I was practically in tears from laughing so hard at this. Needs to be seen to be believed.

(2). D.L. Hughley was hilarious too, but like some have pointed out, some of his routines came from other, earlier stand-up specials. Side note: If you can find a copy of his stand-up comedic special entitled "Going Home," pick it up. That performance I believe to be his funniest, and it leaves me rolling on the floor everytime.

(3). Cedric The Entertainer's humor was the least brash of all the four, and has more of a laid-back, subtle charm, which still manages to make you laugh. The whole break-dance scene was funny, as well as his "cruising into outer space" scene, his self-made "martial art style" scene, and others.

(4). Bernie Mac - good lord. He was without a doubt the craziest, most brash, most (messed)-up comedian in this set. Sadistic and intensely cathartic, even. It's only fitting that he would be the last performer. His routine was just a little too much for me - and still is - and I mean that in the best way possible. His takes on kids and how they get (or should get) punished, sex and orgasm, and the "stuttering" kid were just too much - not only was I laughing too hard, but my lungs began to hurt, I nearly lost my voice for a brief period, and I was nearly out of oxygen. The guy was too much! Saying that he cracked me up would be a HUGE understatement.

All in all, recommended for many who want (or need) a major laugh-fest. Sometimes, one of the best ways - if not the best way - to deal with unpleasant situations in life is to be able to laugh at them - as exemplified in this film. If you suffer from chronic asthma, heart disease, and/or are easily shocked - particularly by the things mentioned in the above paragraphs (including loads of profanity) - stay VERY far away from this - you will be digging yourself an early grave.

16 of 17 found the following review helpful:

Simply put: THE BESTJan 21, 2001

As you might have read from other reviews, this is not a movie rather than a stand up comedy film. I dare anyone to watch this and not find it funny. If you don't laugh, then you don't have a sense of humor at all. The show is about the concert tour of the same title that was the 2nd highest grossing tour of the year. Steve Harvey is the MC and provides his own touches of brillance throughout the show. His ability to relate to people on all walks of life is evident from the moment he takes the stage. He warms up the crowd for each comedian but the crowd doesn't need it, since you barely regain control from laughing so hard from the last joke you heard. D.L. Hughley is great in this, although I, personally, think that his set could have been alittle better. I had just seen his last comedy special before the movie, so I was alittle jaded. Next is Cedric the Entertainer. The man is awesome. The way the he accents his jokes with phyiscal style is brillant. To top off the show is Bernie Mac. Simply put, he steals the show. I could not stop laughing when he was on. To not own this DVD is a crime. I will be the first in line to get it when it arrives. You should do the same. I hope this helps.

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

An Exellent Comedic Work, Well Worth Seeing RepeatedlyFeb 19, 2001
By Mike Fisk
I saw this movie soon after it was released, and went alone to it, as all my friends decided to ditch me there to go see The Cell. After we all came out of the theater, I was the only one pleased with their movie-going experience. Of course, comparing it to The Cell is impossible (and pointlessly stupid due to differences in genre), and it's always much more interesting to critique a film on its own merits.

Anyone expecting to see a typical Spike Lee joint in this film is probably disappointed from that aspect, as it plays out a little like a comedian's version of This Is Spinal Tap, except that these guys are actually talented. In fact, they're REALLY DARN GOOD. Each of the four comedians (Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Highley, and Steve Harvey, in no particular order) has his own "segment" of the film, where he is able to be featured in their own style cutting loose and waxing comedic on nearly every facet of life. No matter how hard I tried, I was laughing out loud throughout the film (which made the other patrons of the theater laugh at me seeing the only white guy in the theater laughing harder than they were at jokes insulting white people, but the barbs were all TRUE! I can always spare a little bit of psychological stability ). I have a personal favorite routine, but I am pretty sure Amazon won't let me talk about it without either censoring it or not publishing it, so I'll leave that at that.

If you want to look at it as being a 2-hour-long HBO Def Comedy Jam, so be it. But it's a damn good one, and one that anyone who has an affinity for good stand-up comedy should see, provided they have no problems with language that'd make Carlin gasp (well, maybe not...). However, please check your pride at the door, thank you.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Great live comedy...we pay homage to Bernie Mac!Aug 11, 2008
By DJ Come of Age "DJ COA"
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

dishing out my 2 centsNov 10, 2003
By Chris Honaker "reviewman"
I don't watch that much stand up comedy but I am familiar with the Steve Harvey show and like Bernie Mac real well so I decided to give this a try. The show takes place in Charlotte, NC in February of 2000 and it was full of energy when these four guys took the stage. Here's a list of what all each guy talks about and my opinion about there segments
1. Steve Harvey
He has three segments, but in his first segment he talks about how he's proud to be a country boy and how they appreciate stuff better than city folks. Then he talks about the Carolina Panthers and goes on to poke fun at a player by the name of Rae Curruth and how stupid he was to plan out his escape. He ended the segment on the movie Titanic. This part I did find humorous. He complains about it being too long and if it was about blacks it wouldn't have lasted 15 minutes and demonstrated on a black person would've used their creativity in escaping the sinking ship by turning over a diner table and got on it.
Not bad but his next two segments were better.
D.L. Hughley
Hughley's segment contains poking fun at some of the people in the audience, black and white comparisons on job firings and special interests, and talk about relationships but in a kinky way. My favorite parts of his segments was on pumping gas. "Give me 52 cents on pump 1 please" and that bungy jumping was too much like lynching for blacks and that regular sh*t was all they need for entertainment and he spots a guy with blonde hair and tells that he looks like he got his ass whipped with a bottle of peroxide(I think I spelled that right).
Steve Harvey part II
There's only one part to this segment and that is music. He says that hip hop makes me sick because they don't sing about love, everyone has to have a mic, and rap concerts have too many instructions. My favorite part was where demonstrated a typical rap concert. "Everybody pump it up, wave your hands like you don't care, someone say Ho, somebody scream. Motherf---er for what? I paid 38.50, g--dammit you scream!" Then he tries to impersonate some of his favorite songs back in the day which was very entertaining.
Cedric the Entertainer
cedric says that the reason you don't hear about 6 or 7 black folks getting killed at one time is because they run. They don't ask why they're running, if you start running then dammit I'm gonna run too. Talks about black folks progressing in sports other than basketball. He does a good impressions of black folks playing hockey and being announcer for golf games. He says that blacks couldn't handle that kinda of job because they can't stay quiet for 30 seconds. Of course I'm a groan ass man slogan is always hilarous.
Steve Harvey III
Steve talks about going to church with an old lady named Sister O'Dale and she was the only reason he used to love to attend church because she cursed and some of her songs that she song at church which were theme songs on t.v.shows. I laughed so hard at this segment I had tears streaming down my face especially when gave a demonstration of sister o'dale seeing the offering plate coming around. "I'm sick of this sh*t, I've got bills in my m'fing house, you keep passing this S.O.B. by me, you're gonna f*ck around and come up short.
Bernie Mac
Bernie the most raunchy but most entertaining segment talks about how we need to punish kids like they did back in the day. Raising his brother's kids, opening up his day care center, and big momma. I loved when he talked about his future day care center. He says he will f-ck your kid up, the first 30 days are free and if you see a big knot on your kid's head it's because he took a hammer and slapped the f-ck out of them. I like how his body is weary and he can't satisfy his wife's sexual needs like he used to and if she had a problem with it she would have to get another man and that that 3 minutes is as long as he can give an organsm.
The show is pretty raunchy like I said, but if your open minded and have a good sense of humor, you should love this

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