TOP FIVE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Chris Rock (Madagascar), Rosario Dawson (Trance), Gabrielle Union (Bad Boys II), Kevin Hart (Ride Along), Sherri Shepherd (30 Rock), J. B. Smoove (Movie 43), Romany Malco (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Hayley Marie Norman (Hancock), Karlie Redd (We Are Family), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live), Tracy Morgan (30 Rock), Anders Holm (Inherent Vice), Cedric the Entertainer (Be Cool), Michael Che (Chinese Puzzle), Ben Vereen (All That Jazz), Jay Pharaoh (Saturday Night Live), Hassan Johnson (Brooklyn’s Finest), Luis Guzmán (Magnolia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Rock (I Think I Love My Wife), director, writer; Eli Bush (Captain Phillips), Barry Diller (film debut) and Scott Rudin (The Grand Budapest Hotel), producers; Ludwig Göransson (We’re The Millers), composer; Manuel Alberto Claro (Melancholia), cinematographer; Anne McCabe (Adventureland), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Comedian-turned-movie star Andre Allen (Rock) is suffering a personal crisis, with his venture into serious acting hampered by his uncomfortably popular series of “Hammy the Bear” films and his impending marriage to reality TV star Erica Long (Union). When he is saddled with reporter Chelsea Brown (Dawson) who is interviewing him, Andre starts putting everything into perspective…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Chris Rock proves his worth behind the camera as well as in front of it in his latest insightful comedy Top Five, which promises big laughs and plenty of surprise A-list cameos.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH MAY 2015

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