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Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Comedy · Music · Documentary · 2005

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.

Movie details

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

“You're invited to the party of the decade!”

2005 Comedy · Music · Documentary 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

9.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

84 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michel Gondry

Written by

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

Self

Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

Self

Common

Common

Self

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Self - (as Mos Def)

Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli

Self

Bilal

Bilal

Self

Lil' Cease

Lil' Cease

Self

Court is in session

Put Dave Chappelle's Block Party on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.