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No doubt the characters are stereotypes, but the performances are handled with a knowing wink and a great deal of fun.

There are enough stereotypes in here to get Dr. Laura frothing at the mouth -- and enough menace to merit co-writing credit for the Hughes brothers.

It all comes off a bit like an extended episode of "Everybody Hates Chris" with really bad language.

The very likable young leads salvage this broad comedy from complete disaster but you know you're in trouble when Bow Wow is the best thing about a movie.

A 'hood comedy with heart.

I didn't think that Bow Wow was the right lead for this. The supporting cast really held up the film but the lulls in the story made it a bit of a chore at times.

This was mildly entertaining with a great comedic turn from T-Pain. The second act has a few lulls that hurt the pacing but there's worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

You've seen all of this before.

it has about 40 minutes of story and needs to be padded out to its 99-minute running time