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35 and Ticking

also known as “35 & Ticking”

MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA)

for some crude sexual content.

Moral Rating:	not reviewed
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Adults
Genre:	Romance Comedy
Length:
Year of Release:	2011
USA Release:	May 20, 2011 DVD: September 13, 2011

Relevant Issues

approaching the age of 35

woman looking for a man

marriage to a husband or wife who doesn’t want children

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Featuring	Meagan Good … Falinda Kevin Hart … Cleavon Tamala Jones … Victoria Nicole Ari Parker … Zenobia Darius McCrary … Nick West Clifton Powell … Zane Wendy Raquel Robinson … Calise Kym Whitley … Shavelle Dondre Whitfield … Austin Keith Robinson … Phil Luenell … Dondra Nicolette Nightingale … Hot Girl Ramsey Moore … Man 1 Aaron D. Spears … Officer Jones David Hill … Mike the Bartender Angelique Bates … Gangsta Girl Samantha Schacher … Counter Girl Skoti Collins … Bade Carlene Moore … Waitress Westley Nguyen … Restaurant Patron Mechelle Epps … LaLa Jonathan Doh … Club Patron Brett Weinstock … Waiter Reign A’Rei Edwards … Young Zenobia Ethan McDowell … Fan 1 Collin St. Dic … Bartender Natasha Cayman … Clubber Amber Barbell … School Kid Wendell James … Man 2 Samantha Cha … Gangsta Girl #2 Brandon Luck … Web Cowboy Carnetta Jones … Dr. Hancock Azael Cavazos … Bartender Jason Johnson … Sailor Destini Edwards … Young Victoria Malcolm Ridley … Young Phil
Director	Russ Parr
Producer	Swirl Films UpToParr Productions LLC David Eubanks … producer Russ Parr … executive producer Eric Tomosunas … producer Kym Whitley … executive producer
Distributor	Image Entertainment

“When it comes to love, it’s all about the timing”

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “‘35 & Ticking’ centers around the lives of Victoria, Zenobia , Clevon, and Phil—all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they’ve always dreamed of. While Zenobia (Nicole Ari Parker, ‘Soul Food,’ ‘Brown Sugar’) is still looking for a man, Victoria (Tamala Jones, ‘Castle,’ ‘One on One’) is married to a man who doesn’t want children. Clevon (Kevin Hart, ‘Not Easily Broken,’ ‘40 Year-Old Virgin’), meanwhile, is too geeky to get a woman, and Phil (Keith Robinson, ‘Dreamgirls’) is already married with children, but his wife is not very interested in being a mother. All four of them try to rectify their romantic lives and futures while their biological clocks tick away.”

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Movie Critics

“…Although it often plays like a mash-up of excerpts from a long-running TV sitcom, ‘35 and Ticking’ is a lightly amusing indie with appreciably more laughs than many more star-studded and heavily hyped comedies of its kind. … deserves some credit for not neatly wrapping up things in completely predictable fashion.”

Joe Leydon, Variety

“…A capable cast and a good script makes going through a pre-midlife crisis enjoyable. …”

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

“…a watchable though sitcom-ish romantic comedy… performances are mostly good…”

John Hazelton, Screen Daily

“…If only the movie had a heart. …the biggest problem with the movie… is the dialogue. It sounds stilted and, well, scripted, to the point that it’s nearly impossible to escape into the film. … [2/4]”

Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post

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