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Next Day Air

MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA) for pervasive language, drug content, some violence and brief sexuality.
Moral Rating: not reviewed
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Primary Audience: Adults
Genre: Crime Action Comedy
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.
Year of Release: 2009
USA Release: May 8, 2009 (wide—1,000 theaters)
DVD: September 15, 2009
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Featuring Mos Def
Mike Epps
Donald Faison
Wood Harris, Omari Hardwick, Emilio Rivera, Darius McCrary, Cisco Reyes, Yasmin Deliz, Lobo Sebastian, Malik Barnhardt, Debbie Allen, Lauren London, Jo D. Jonz, Shawn Michael Howard, Peedi Crakk, Lombardo Boyar, Barry “Cassidy” Reese, Inny Clemons, Alexandra Merejo, Sundy Carter, Trinidad Mann, Ravyn Douglas, Madison Shockley, Kevin Benton, Brizona Gayles, Gerald Rawles, Clarence B. Douglas III, Shannen “Lacey” Franklin, Christina Ly
Director Benny Boom
Producer Melee Entertainment, Next Day Air Productions, Secret Society Films, Scott Aronson, Steven Belser, Inny Clemons, Wood Harris, Shaun Livingston, Steve Markoff, Bruce McNall, Bryan Turner, Michael Williams
Distributor

“It’s all in the delivery.”

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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “When a misguided UPS driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a desperate search and battle for the coke between the furious dealer that sent it, the fearful intended recipients that missed it, and the conniving accidental recipients that plan to flip it. Time is running out and everyone’s trying to get their hands on the package that’s been sent… Next Day Air!”


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Movie Critics
…Flashy “Next Day Air” never quite takes wing…
Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
…Things get bloody at the end of this so-called comedy. … God’s name is misused around 10 times… About 200 f-words… Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not sure when drug abuse, theft, beatings, shootings and maimings became even remotely funny. …
Meredith Whitmore, PluggedIn
…This is a movie that mines its plot from the Stone Age (or is it Stoned Age?) of caper comedies. … None of these characters provides more than a smattering of laughs…
Janice Page, The Boston Globe
…Routine stuff, but things move quickly, with several offhand funny moments. …
Kyle Smith, New York Post
…The movie also feels claustrophobic, most of it unfolding inside drab apartments. …
Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald
…Within a few moments, most audiences can answer the question, “Is this supposed to be funny?” But from the violent opening to the nihilistic ending, “Next Day Air” is so cynical that its few laughs are a release of tension. …
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch