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Back on the Strip

2023

Chris Spencer

Wesley Snipes, J.B. Smoove, Spence Moore II, Gary Owen ...

4.3

45

Comedy After losing the woman of his dreams, Merlin moves to Las Vegas to pursue work as a magician, only to get hired as the front man in a revival of the notorious black male stripper crew, The Chocolate Chips.

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite some amusing moments, it never really takes off, burdened by a tiresome romantic subplot that periodically stops the movie dead in its tracks"	NEU
United States	Brandon Yu The New York Times	"It’s both a shame and a wonder that the film managed to assemble such a beefed-up roster of talent (...) for what amounts to a stilted, factory-line comedy"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A clumsily formulaic but consistently funny independent comedy"	NEU
United States	James Verniere Boston Herald	"Despite big-name cast, 'Back on the Strip' is a drag"	NEG
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"'Back on the Strip' is worth seeing for its hardworking cast (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"[It] doesn't know when to leave well enough alone, and while some of this stuff works in fits and starts, most of it struggles to rise above everything else going on"	NEG

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