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The Cookout

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Critics' Reviews

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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Wants to be an outdoor, barbecue-grilled "Barbershop" but lacks the pungency and honesty of its prototype.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Good-natured but it's a dud.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Akiva Gottlieb
Eventually, the pointlessness of The Cookout exudes a modicum of charm, but the simple-minded mess still lacks the wit and moral weight of an episode of "Family Matters."Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Sends comedy backward in time, and we're in the 1970s, ethno-sitcom style: These Andersons in their out-of-date white, snooty gated community apparently confuse themselves with their forebears on The Jeffersons.Read Full Review »
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