I have no idea how this movie is garnering positive reviews. Maybe critics are afraid of earning a racist label for panning this movie, but I was astonished at how bad this movie was. For those thinking of seeing it, it's about 15 minutes of Chapelle and the entire rest of the movie is footage of the block party where rappers are performing. That's it! That's the movie...about 70 minutes of rappers singing...nothing extra, no humorous interactions, no quirky likable characters. The movie is funny when Chappelle is onsreen improvising his humor on people he meets. Howver, there is not nearly enough of that interaction to make this film watchable and much less, enjoyable. Chappelle invites some odd characters to the party at the beginning and we are excited to see how they will interact with the rest of the audience, BUT WE NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN IN THE MOVIE until it's almost over and they just say it was "nice". I laughed about three times during the whole movie...when Chappelle was on screen. The rest was a bunch of crappy rap music (Yeaaaa-yah!!!, What?, Ugh!, Ugh!) and people jumping around on stage. There was a racist slur used over and over in one song and I was made very uncomofortable by it's use. Very dispapointing, and not even a good concert flick at that. Unless you are a gigantic fan of rap, stay home and pop in Chapelle Show season 2 and laugh your butt off. I'm not sure what is being presented here...a music concert movie? Not even as a concert movie is this worth watching.
Review of Dave Chappelle's Block Party
