Actors: Ja Rule, Tim Meadows, Jenifer Lewis, Quran Pender, Jonathan Silverman
Directors: Lance Rivera
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: PG-13
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005
Run Time: 97 minutes
ASIN: B0006FFRS4
Queen Latifah lends her comic sparkle to The Cookout, a new comedy she also helped conceive. Todd Anderson (Quran Pender) becomes a first draft pick in professional basketball and starts spending like there's no tomorrow; he buys a car, diamonds for his golddigging girlfriend (Meagan Good), and a huge house in a gated community. But though his life has been turned upside down, his family hasn't--and when everyone assembles in his new ritzy neighborhood for a celebratory cook-out, chaos follows. The Cookout is loaded with charismatic performers, such as Jenifer Lewis (Juwanna Mann) as Todd's no-nonsense mother, Eve (Barbershop) as his former best friend, Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) as a new neighbor, and the aforementioned Latifah (Bringing Down the House) as an over-ambitious security guard. Unfortunately, the underdeveloped script gives them little to do and nowhere to go. Many lessons are learned, but few laughs are had. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
When todd signs a $30 million deal with the new jersey nets he knows that his life is about to change. To keep things real he decides to throw a bbq at his place just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new & old friends family & agents in the same house things are bound to get crazy. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Eve Danny Glover Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg13
