Foolish
Miles Waise is a fast rising nightclub comedian whose life is made difficult by his brother Fifty Dollah, a scheming hood whose dream is to start a comedy club with Foolish. And they conflict with each other when the lovely Desiree appears on the scene, and they are both hopelessly attracted to her.
12 August 1974, Sacramento, California, USA
14 June 1931, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 December 1976, Detroit, Michigan, USA
24 January 1953, Maywood, California, USA
17 November 1954, Orange, New Jersey, USA
29 April 1970, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 March 1947, Tifton, Georgia, USA
31 January 1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
13 January 1968, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
5 January 1970, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1966, Lynwood, California, USA
29 September 1957, Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 December 1973, San Francisco, California, USA
January 01, 2000
The whole thing has an off-puttingly thrown-together air.
August 03, 2009
A strange combination of urban melodrama and comedy concert film.
January 20, 2007
Simpleminded melodrama about two brothers' conflicting struggles to better their lives. Oops, not only did I describe the story, I just gave the entire story away. Sorry.
January 01, 2000
Balancing comedy with drama is tough for the best writers and even tougher for newcomers.
April 10, 2001
Pretty much a bad excuse to work in stand-up material courtesy of Griffin, scenes with Andrew Dice Clay, and buxom, naked chicks.
August 03, 2009
The miserable production values-the cardboard sets rival a Little Rascals talent show-and P's stone-faced delivery are merely amateurish, but as a vanity project for Griffin, Foolish is downright appalling.
January 01, 2000
The film loses complete credibility when the audiences at the comedy clubs where Foolish works go wild with delight, way out of proportion to the hilarity of the material. And Foolish is just a little too smug about his artistic integrity.
January 01, 2000
What would inspire someone who cannot write or act to pen and star in a movie?
August 07, 2008
Griffin's few sparks onstage are not worth the wait.
January 01, 2000
It's probably more reasonable to evaluate it as an Eddie Griffin concert film.
August 03, 2009
Eddie Griffin buffs have the best reason to check out this amateurish effort: Griffin's profane, sometimes sharply observed stand-up routines take up a big chunk of the movie's total running time.
