Top Five

Top Five
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChris Rock
Written byChris Rock
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyManuel Alberto Claro
Edited byAnne McCabe
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06) (TIFF)
  • December 12, 2014 (2014-12-12) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[2]
Box office$26.1 million[3]

Top Five is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film[4] written and directed by Chris Rock. Produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, the film stars Rock, Rosario Dawson, and Gabrielle Union, and follows New York City comedian and film star Andre Allen (Rock), who has to confront his past and comedic career while doing an interview with journalist Chelsea Brown (Dawson).

The ensemble cast features comedians J. B. Smoove, Kevin Hart, Sherri Shephard, Michael Che, Tracy Morgan, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, and Cedric the Entertainer. Comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, and Whoopi Goldberg appear as themselves.

It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on December 12, 2014 by Paramount Pictures.[5] It received critical acclaim, with praise directed at the performances of the cast, and Rock's screenplay and direction, as well as comparisons to Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980).

  1. ^ "TOP FIVE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "Top Five - The Numbers". Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Top Five (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Top Five (2014) - Chris Rock | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. July 22, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.