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Home / Essays / Film Reviews / ‘Top Five’: Chris Rock aims higher than he hits in this charming but crass comedy

Alex Heeney / December 12, 2014

‘Top Five’: Chris Rock aims higher than he hits in this charming but crass comedy

“It’s always good to make sure you’re never too good at one thing at a time,” mumbles Andre Allen (Chris Rock) to Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson), the New York Times reporter profiling him, upon learning that she dabbles in poetry, photography, and music. And yet, it could just as easily be applied to “Top Five,” […]
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Filed Under: Essays, Film Reviews Tagged With: Members Only, Toronto International Film Festival

Alex Heeney

Alex is the Editor-in-Chief of The Seventh Row, based in San Francisco and from Toronto, Canada.

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