Release Date:
02/16/2001
Ever since he popped up in 1987s Im Gonna Git You Sucka with his now-classic How much for just one rib? scene, hilarious comic Chris Rock has made us laugh. Thats why Down to Earth (a remake of 1978s Warren Beattystarring Heaven Can Wait) works so well.
Lance Barton (Rock), bike messenger by day, amateur comic by night, dreams of not getting booed off the Amateur Night at the Apollo stage. But, before he gets the chance to work in new material and secure his place in Harlem history, hes crushed by an 18-wheeler. The error of a bumbling angel (the fantastically funny Eugene Levy) earns him another go-round on earth in the body of a fat, white millionaire. While the Freaky Friday/18 Again/Vice Versaswitched personality bit is a little played, a white geezer with Def Comedy flava is pretty damn funny. In fact, Down to Earth is a well-written comedy rounded out by tremendous stand-up sequences and a game cast (including The Full Montys Mark Addy as an English butler from Brooklyn, Chazz Palminteri as a heavenly heavy, and a scene-stealing Wanda Sykes as a wise-ass housekeeper). Quick, bright, and funny, Down to Earth will definitely keep you in fits popcorn-spewing laughter.
Lance Barton (Rock), bike messenger by day, amateur comic by night, dreams of not getting booed off the Amateur Night at the Apollo stage. But, before he gets the chance to work in new material and secure his place in Harlem history, hes crushed by an 18-wheeler. The error of a bumbling angel (the fantastically funny Eugene Levy) earns him another go-round on earth in the body of a fat, white millionaire. While the Freaky Friday/18 Again/Vice Versaswitched personality bit is a little played, a white geezer with Def Comedy flava is pretty damn funny. In fact, Down to Earth is a well-written comedy rounded out by tremendous stand-up sequences and a game cast (including The Full Montys Mark Addy as an English butler from Brooklyn, Chazz Palminteri as a heavenly heavy, and a scene-stealing Wanda Sykes as a wise-ass housekeeper). Quick, bright, and funny, Down to Earth will definitely keep you in fits popcorn-spewing laughter.