SET IT OFF (1996) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | Jada Pinkett Smith | Queen Latifah

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
  • Jaby and Michael watch "Set It Off" for the very first time! Set It Off follows four friends in Los Angeles who, fed up with low-paying jobs and injustice, decide to rob banks together, risking their lives for a chance at freedom and a better future.
    Set It Off was directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton, Law Abiding Citizen) and stars Jada Pinkett Smith (The Nutty Professor, The Matrix Reloaded, Girls Trip), Queen Latifah (Chicago, Hairspray, The Equalizer), Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Soul Food), and Kimberly Elise (Beloved, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Manchurian Candidate).
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Комментарии • 2,1 тыс.

  • @MarleyReacts94
    @MarleyReacts94 3 месяца назад +1966

    Jaby and Michael have officially become my favorite movie duo‼️🔥🔥

    • @justlurking7
      @justlurking7 3 месяца назад +86

      I agree, their pairing is special.

    • @lillbunnyhop
      @lillbunnyhop 3 месяца назад +96

      They definitely carrying this channel

    • @TheRealZAD
      @TheRealZAD 3 месяца назад +6

      💯

    • @alecia-dfcb71
      @alecia-dfcb71 3 месяца назад +16

      Agreed! I get so excited when I see them reviewing and it’s always the best movies

    • @quishonda
      @quishonda 3 месяца назад +2

      Same!

  • @gracerebekahh_
    @gracerebekahh_ 3 месяца назад +1315

    Fun fact: after this movie was released, Queen Latifah put a no death clause in her future movie contracts because she understood how traumatic it was for her to act it out and how the audience received it. It was too heavy for her to deal with so if her character does have to die, it can’t be on camera and it can’t be gory.

    • @BAMOORE94
      @BAMOORE94 3 месяца назад +137

      It was after sphere in 1998 when she was killed by jellyfish.. but yes very true I would put one in my contract too😂. I need to be in all the sequels lol

    • @marissawilson4644
      @marissawilson4644 3 месяца назад +15

      ​@@BAMOORE94facts lol

    • @LadyTyger51ne
      @LadyTyger51ne 3 месяца назад +27

      So if The Bone Collector was after this, that explains it.

    • @BAMOORE94
      @BAMOORE94 3 месяца назад +15

      @@LadyTyger51ne bone collector came out in 1999 it was after

    • @jessicatillman800
      @jessicatillman800 3 месяца назад +24

      My momma suggested that y’all watch “Radio” with Cuba Gooding Jr. it’s based on a true story, and is really a tale or true kindness, and what someone with mental disabilities can do, when others believe in them.🥰

  • @missmisher
    @missmisher 3 месяца назад +1160

    Guys, TT was played by Kimberly Elise, aka Helen from Diary of a Mad Black Woman. She is a great actress. This was her first movie.

    • @rmahabir3521
      @rmahabir3521 3 месяца назад +110

      Thank you for this! Amazing actress who is chronically overlooked.

    • @christina-bg5dv
      @christina-bg5dv 3 месяца назад +27

      Her in the Loretta Claiborne movie as a kid was what made me start following her career I think since then I watched anything she is in

    • @tiffanypete9003
      @tiffanypete9003 3 месяца назад +34

      Woman thou art loose as well 👌

    • @immaculatenzimande9929
      @immaculatenzimande9929 3 месяца назад +33

      she's amazing! I don't understand how she never got Oscar nominations, let alone wins. It's what I noticed about the actors Tyler Perry hires, they rarely get hollywood recognition or gigs outside of Tyler's projects. I'll always always appreciate Tyler for that. These black actors are better than over 60% of the white actors I've watched over the years.

    • @philburton2223
      @philburton2223 3 месяца назад

      I keep trying to remember what other movie I saw her in. If I couldn't remember I doubt they would to. To be honest this is the 1st time I have watched this movie from start to finish. I had only seen scenes here & there .

  • @seanna619
    @seanna619 3 месяца назад +350

    I am obsessed that you guys are continuing down this black cinema journey. This is one of my favorite movies!

    • @officermills
      @officermills 3 месяца назад +24

      Me too. It's good to see these movies getting "mainstream" audience attention for once.

  • @darrahtilton
    @darrahtilton Месяц назад +72

    In business school (b-school), my economic development professor used to say that poverty is the mother of all crime. I love how this movie echoes that sentiment.

    • @chocolatekdk
      @chocolatekdk Месяц назад +3

      Yeah, to me this movie is an allegory of the price of poverty and cause of crime.

  • @WestCoastStefi
    @WestCoastStefi 3 месяца назад +731

    “Even pastas straight until it gets wet” 😂🤣💀⚰️

  • @HoodrichJu-bs1by
    @HoodrichJu-bs1by 3 месяца назад +422

    Cleo is the epitome of a crashout, which explains all of her actions and why she went out shooting the way she did. Queen Latifah did an amazing job with portraying her character.

    • @The_1and_OnlyUce
      @The_1and_OnlyUce Месяц назад +13

      Crash out is the best description of Cleo

    • @DRSRPrime
      @DRSRPrime Месяц назад +3

      You gotta crash out in that moment lol 😂 you going to prison forever ever

    • @kaydubya6347
      @kaydubya6347 22 дня назад

      Queen Latifah got into trouble while filming this too. 😅
      I remember her catching a weed case and being in club fights and a car jacking while she was "getting into character" for this role
      Similar to how the chick from Girl Interrupted, caught that shoplifting case

  • @ezelldaniels6064
    @ezelldaniels6064 3 месяца назад +1256

    This was such an unexpected notification I never clicked so fast yall. This film is a #1 hood classic movie in the black community and one of my favorite films of all time.

    • @malikwilson7387
      @malikwilson7387 3 месяца назад +16

      @ezelldaniels6064 this is not a number 1 hood classic

    • @ezelldaniels6064
      @ezelldaniels6064 3 месяца назад

      ​@@malikwilson7387 yes it is. Not necessarily number 1 but it's up there with a couple of them.

    • @nickbrooks2408
      @nickbrooks2408 3 месяца назад +116

      ​@@malikwilson7387How old are you? Cause this is definitely a top black classic. You can keep that hood propaganda.

    • @ezelldaniels6064
      @ezelldaniels6064 3 месяца назад +19

      @@nickbrooks2408 Exactly

    • @keontayhughes1293
      @keontayhughes1293 3 месяца назад +15

      Lol not number 1 but definitely a hood classic

  • @themusicactor
    @themusicactor 3 месяца назад +225

    Set It Off is a true American classic!.... I always love it when people are watching films for the first time that I grew up watching on repeat 😂😂

    • @Enkaybe
      @Enkaybe 2 месяца назад

      Righttt!

    • @MangaPup
      @MangaPup 2 месяца назад +3

      Black American classic tbh, or more of a hood classic rather. But sure...

    • @michelle5802
      @michelle5802 Месяц назад

      @@MangaPupare black people NOT American? They compared this movie to countless “white” heist movies “Classic American” and we don’t have to say this. That was a weird statement.

    • @MangaPup
      @MangaPup Месяц назад

      @@michelle5802 how is it a weird statement lol? Maybe you have weird comprehension. The original person said it was a "true American classic", and I specified. Black American and hood culture are a sub-culture of American culture.
      Like how Asian ppl often specify what kind of Asian something is. Or sometimes ppl specify the region of America something is, like "southern". Most Americans are white and that has been the standard/general culture since the country got going.
      Ppl say things like "white movie" or in the same breath "American movie" unless it's a white specified ethnic group like a (white) Latin, Italian, or Irish.

    • @MangaPup
      @MangaPup Месяц назад +1

      @@michelle5802 How is my statement weird? Lol Maybe you just have weird comprehension. I specified because Black American and hood culture are sub-cultures of American culture.
      Like how Asian ppl specify what kind of Asian something is, Chicano culture is often referred to as such, or how some ppl refer to a region of America for what something is like "southern".
      Most Americans are white, and unless a (white) ethnic group is specified, the collective/general culture is what is referred to.

  • @RoseStarr
    @RoseStarr 3 месяца назад +108

    F. Gary Gray directed this movie right after he directed Friday. He's the guy in the car with the hydrolics making fun of Cleo. "Up. Up, Up" I love his movies.

  • @tomasinamichele
    @tomasinamichele 3 месяца назад +305

    John Q is also a must see

  • @amiyahsanders9756
    @amiyahsanders9756 3 месяца назад +641

    A thin line between love and hate. A Martin Lawrence classic

  • @KeishaCharmaine
    @KeishaCharmaine 3 месяца назад +364

    Not me crying 😭 I can’t watch this movie (or a reaction lol) without crying. The acting was just so incredible.

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 3 месяца назад +12

      FACTS

    • @jl9480
      @jl9480 3 месяца назад +18

      Bawled like I was watching the whole thing 😂😂 I cry everytime

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 3 месяца назад +2

      @@jl9480 🤣💯

    • @camaicaomauzo359
      @camaicaomauzo359 3 месяца назад +9

      Same!!!!!! I've watched it once and I said that was it. I started balling when her brother was shot.

    • @tripplels1
      @tripplels1 2 месяца назад +4

      Same and I've seen this movie a few times

  • @louiswilliamson7391
    @louiswilliamson7391 3 месяца назад +48

    The acting in this movie is so underrated ! It’s a classic in black culture….but these were some award winning performances that deserved a lot of recognition for these four women acting skills and the characters they portrayed 🙌🏾

  • @CionOgnil
    @CionOgnil 3 месяца назад +26

    dude said "Damn she's fine " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ..... yesssss bro ...Jada back in the days ....was top notch ..her Sallie Richards , Halle Berry , Lisa Raye .... all dimes

  • @ginahouston9352
    @ginahouston9352 3 месяца назад +464

    Jabby, i heard that reverent whisper…. yes, Jada is FINE! 🤩🙌🏾

    • @cflournoy1529
      @cflournoy1529 3 месяца назад +52

      I caught that too!!!😂😂😂

    • @Destyn2B
      @Destyn2B 3 месяца назад +26

      Yeah I caught that too. 😅

    • @lucheechala
      @lucheechala 3 месяца назад +8

      😂😂😂

    • @nakdot46
      @nakdot46 3 месяца назад +33

      This is like the 4th time he’s commented on brown sugar😂😂😂😂

    • @dariusthegr8one81
      @dariusthegr8one81 3 месяца назад +31

      @@nakdot464th? U must be new to the channel. Jaby stay blurting out a “damn she fine” lol.

  • @danielled8652
    @danielled8652 3 месяца назад +487

    May seem simple, but I really appreciate it when you guys recognize the actors from previous movies. It feels like you're paying attention to the characters. It also allows you to see their range. Great reaction. Thank you!

  • @jaycutie09
    @jaycutie09 3 месяца назад +212

    My mom saw this in theaters. She said she was so traumatized and she has never watched it again😢 I cry literally every single time .. great movie and a true classic in most black families ❤

    • @stephaniecurrie2286
      @stephaniecurrie2286 3 месяца назад +22

      It traumatized a lot of us. I was a teen when it came out. It's still a fave but I can't watch all the time. This was a better way for me to see it again, years later.

    • @misslday9848
      @misslday9848 3 месяца назад +6

      This is my first time watching it all the way through in one sitting

    • @Tyler1saac
      @Tyler1saac 3 месяца назад +6

      I was the opposite. I actually worked at a movie theater when this came out and every time I had a break I would go stand in the back of the theater to watch the audience reactions to scenes. I saw this sooo many times lol.

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 3 месяца назад +3

      I also watched this film in the cinema-GREAT-movie too.Most of the film's cast dying was realistic tho ( I'm assuming the show-runners didn't want to glamorize robbing banks,so,they showed the consequences of criminal acts ) in 1996 I was in the army,stationed at Ft Hood,Tx ( since renamed Ft Cavazos ) and every one was talking about this film and which female characters they liked the best.This was one of the only films starring 4 black,female leads in a major movie,until Gang of Roses ( came out Oct-2003 ) no a bad film.Then-GIRLS-TRIP-came along ( July-21-2017 ) which is also a-GREAT-film.

    • @PhoenieFroe313
      @PhoenieFroe313 3 месяца назад +3

      It still makes me laugh and cry.. must be the 10th time I watched it

  • @ModelMantha
    @ModelMantha 3 месяца назад +66

    The Five Heartbeats ❤

  • @mookiemonroe9311
    @mookiemonroe9311 Месяц назад +13

    As a black girl born in the 90’s, I am enjoying you two watch these movies SO much!! BABY BOY, The Wood, and Love and Basketball WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND😂😂😂

  • @alecia-dfcb71
    @alecia-dfcb71 3 месяца назад +175

    Cleo’s death gets me to this day, Queen tore that up! Absolute perfection. That song gives me chills to this day.

    • @Simi_Jay
      @Simi_Jay 3 месяца назад +9

      It was a perfect scene.

    • @TheBraunMachine2K24
      @TheBraunMachine2K24 3 месяца назад +15

      Ikr? One of the most memorable scenes in the film to me & yes, that scene always gave me chills, especially when that song comes in. I still think that this is Queen's best performance, same with Kimberly Elise & maybe Jada & Vivica as well. Blair Underwood & John C. McGinley are always good.

    • @Woodstri
      @Woodstri 3 месяца назад +1

      Cleo*

    • @letitiacooper98
      @letitiacooper98 Месяц назад

      Yes 😢

  • @BeeepMe911
    @BeeepMe911 3 месяца назад +144

    "Even pasta's straight until it gets wet." And then the look into the camera. Oh you ate that Michael lmao

  • @doccbrown8362
    @doccbrown8362 3 месяца назад +393

    I really hope these drops continue to get the channel viewership, likes, engagement, etc.
    Anyone can react to these movies. But yall continuously treat them with respect and honesty.
    It’s been a joy to watch yall on this journey through Black cinema.
    Respect.

    • @donnac.3273
      @donnac.3273 3 месяца назад +17

      That is what I get from them, too.

    • @Fluer-de-Lis
      @Fluer-de-Lis 3 месяца назад +4

      I concur every sentiment expressed

    • @Cdrop63
      @Cdrop63 3 месяца назад +12

      You articulated this very well. I couldn’t put my finger on what I enjoyed about these two and put it into words.

    • @ChampagneLo
      @ChampagneLo 3 месяца назад +12

      Well said! I find myself constantly coming back to this channel because of how genuine they come off when reacting to our fav classics.

    • @OnlyMsNicky
      @OnlyMsNicky 3 месяца назад +11

      The respect part! Many of us grew up watching these films. They mean a lot to the culture, and these two reactors get it ♥️✨️

  • @bubblewrap.-ol7uj
    @bubblewrap.-ol7uj Месяц назад +10

    "Where have you been?" "I took the bus." EXCELLENT foreshadow for Jada's escape.

  • @dirtandsilkk
    @dirtandsilkk 3 месяца назад +39

    Surprised u guys didn't recognize Kimberly Elise from her role in Diary of a mad black woman. Latifah roles are incredible. Several films like Just Wright and Last Holiday would be good choices. But her movie catalog is incredible.

  • @louelsla3070
    @louelsla3070 3 месяца назад +557

    Can we please get WAITING TO EXHALE 🙏🏻 🥹

  • @DATTW4AKER
    @DATTW4AKER 3 месяца назад +187

    I cannot express how happy it makes me that you guys not only are even reacting to these movies, but you’re actually putting the effort in to UNDERSTAND them on a deep level. Like, nooo words. Thank u guys and please keep them coming

  • @cinemeleon2808
    @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +123

    Also, Jaby just gets it, with the scene where Cleo tells Stoney and Frankie to get out of the car in the tunnel. That moment when Stoney goes to embrace Cleo after she tells them she'll catch up with them later and they both tear up, was like a gut punch to me because they both knew, in that instant, the chance of that happening wasn't at all likely.
    The same for the hug Stoney and Frankie shared right before the split at the gate. The same as the kiss Stoney placed on TeTe before leaving her body in the car.
    The way this story built their connections and sisterhood, made every moment that much more palpable. Their excitements, hopefulness, heightened fears, disappointments, sorrows, regrets...etc. I saw this movies countless times, starting when I was a teen in the 90s. It took me seeing it as a woman in my mid 30s who has experienced enough of these character's emotions and now hold a deeper understanding of sisterhoods.
    The emotions were so high and the stakes even higher. At some point, they just decide to fully commit after going from one level to the next of "well there's no turning back from this, now that we've done that, so we might as well keep on going" all the way to the moment they're busting down the freeway with cops tailing and helicopters looming, wanted for robbery and murder.
    The guts, the heart, the intensity, the commitment. In those moments I was with them...and for other brief moments, in my mind, I WAS them. I was fully SWEPT, emotionally spent and, dammit, crying right along with Stoney in that damn hotel room feeling like, I too, had just lost my sisters.
    And a movie that does THAT?? Whew!

    • @SimplyRaecosmetics
      @SimplyRaecosmetics 3 месяца назад +10

      Whew this made me cry, I was too young to fully understand why this movie felt so real to me. I know these women. I understand their motivations more now going into my late 20s. Honestly, brilliant

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@SimplyRaecosmetics I feel that. There's just something so vulnerable yet so beautiful and freeing about letting yourself get lost in a film and really connecting with its story and characters.

  • @crystalthomas209
    @crystalthomas209 Месяц назад +14

    Stoney’s face on the bus forever breaks my heart.

  • @XxKurtney-KimanixX
    @XxKurtney-KimanixX 3 месяца назад +27

    “Two Can Play That Game” with Vivica Fox and “ Last Holiday” with Queen Latifah are great movies 💗

  • @laceykanda995
    @laceykanda995 3 месяца назад +400

    The Wood or Best Man Holiday next please!! Thanks so much for taking time to watch our faves😅😅!! You two are my favorite pair on this channel🥹💕🫶🏾!!

    • @brandonrobinson529
      @brandonrobinson529 3 месяца назад +22

      And Love & Basketball too

    • @tizzle-heroicstars7591
      @tizzle-heroicstars7591 3 месяца назад +20

      The Wood🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @brandonrobinson529
      @brandonrobinson529 3 месяца назад

      @@tizzle-heroicstars7591 hell yeah 💯💯💯💯

    • @lucheechala
      @lucheechala 3 месяца назад +4

      Yes to both of these!

    • @AshLee92490
      @AshLee92490 3 месяца назад +6

      Best Man Holiday will most likely be done in December because that makes the most sense lol...

  • @randymolina6739
    @randymolina6739 3 месяца назад +172

    Jabby is out here leaving that HEAVY Digital Footprint!!😤🫡🐐

  • @imready78
    @imready78 3 месяца назад +112

    What is making your reactions to these classic Black movies is the breakdowns at the end. Seeing you guys asking questions about certain culture nuances being introduced to certain superstars with the Black community is really the gem in all of this.

  • @degrios3768
    @degrios3768 2 месяца назад +15

    19:31 dang this actress always gets me when she cries! She is a great actress everytime i see her in anything I want to hug her lol

  • @jlcii
    @jlcii Месяц назад +10

    This movie is a prime example as to why we in the Black community are mad that our works are not acknowledged. This movie is nothing shy of oscar-worthy, with oscar-worthy performances. And do you think it got one nomination, let alone any wins? Exactly.

  • @bulelwashezi4540
    @bulelwashezi4540 3 месяца назад +354

    I feel like removing the racial aspect to the cop's arc oversimplifies his character. I think HE thought he was just 'all about his job' but letting one of them go for sympathy literally doesn't make sense for his character. He was faced with his unconscious bias by seeing how the local cops just immediately unload on every black perp no questions. He didn't try to bring perps back alive until after killing the boy. He makes that one change, and it showed him how the cop bias is actually racial bias. He let stoney go because the weight of all that bloodshed left him guilty. He feels responsible for turning her life upside down and leading her down this desperation path into crime.

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +42

      Yes, yes and yes!

    • @seedking40
      @seedking40 2 месяца назад +40

      Letting Stoney go is within his character. He's a detective that is suppose to investigate criminals. Stevie was not only innocent of the robbery but he also was squeaky clean even after losing both of his parents. The money is insured and Stoney has already lost everything. He owed Stoney because of what he did to her brother. He basically delivered street restitution to Stoney.
      He also realized he played a critical role in Frankie becoming a bank robber because she was the brains. She could have blew him away since she knew it was over for her but with nothing to lose she still spared him. Why not show Stoney the same grace??

    • @danerook
      @danerook 2 месяца назад +3

      It isn't racial bias

    • @jaydarussell2901
      @jaydarussell2901 Месяц назад +46

      It was obviously racially biased. That's how the show started off in the first place. The bank got rubbed by black men, and a black woman who so happens to come from the same hood got the heat, even tho there were other bank teller there who could have pushed the silent alarm when they saw men with guns😒. Franky, A.K.A Vivica A. Fox, was the only one to get fired and her boss literally told her, he was uncomfortable with her "being friends" with one of the perps 🙄, it started out racially biased. That's what kept the detective thinking franky was involved in the robbery even when she wasn't.

    • @CloroxBleach-lm2gm
      @CloroxBleach-lm2gm Месяц назад

      ⁠@@danerook the whole movie is an exaggeration of how racism pushes ppl to go to extremes. TT white boss having no sympathy for her having a kid and docking her pay. Social services taking her child. Frankie being fired from her job of 2 years. Stony brother being falsely identified and then him being shot grabbing a bottle(something that still happens today) The boss running off w the money. All of that pushed them to a life of crime. It’s an allegory for real black ppl around those surroundings. A lot of us feel like we can’t catch a break and turn to crime for material satisfaction and to relieve the stress of struggle.

  • @QueenyKay
    @QueenyKay 3 месяца назад +123

    Have you guys not recognized the actress who plays the mom? It's Kimberly Elise from The Diary Of a mad black woman. She's the mad black woman scorned. She was super young here.

  • @imready78
    @imready78 3 месяца назад +168

    This is what leveling up with the choices and reactions looks like. Jaby and Mike…you guys are in a sweet spot right now! Hitting all of the Black movie classics?!?! Fire 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ztomas1
    @ztomas1 3 месяца назад +14

    I like the fact that there are non-black RUclipsrs watching black movies, these are great movies that deserve to be re-watched and they are passed over by most RUclips channels they barely get watched even by black RUclips channel reactors

  • @JanaeJohnson96
    @JanaeJohnson96 2 месяца назад +13

    "And Jada Pinkett Smith good god" Waited till the VERY end to slide that in there lmaoo 😝😂😂

  • @kendallbazemore830
    @kendallbazemore830 3 месяца назад +120

    Set It Off was my shit growing up! I love that y’all are covering more black films too btw

  • @cinemeleon2808
    @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +97

    Gotta love Jaby's appreciation for the classic beauties in all of these films. Yes, Jada was VERY fine in this.

    • @TheBraunMachine2K24
      @TheBraunMachine2K24 3 месяца назад +10

      Yeah, she sure was in this & in A Low Down Dirty Shame, I hope they check that one out one day, I think they'll have a great time with that one.

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +3

      @@TheBraunMachine2K24 For sure! I wasn't too mad at Woo either.

    • @TheBraunMachine2K24
      @TheBraunMachine2K24 3 месяца назад +4

      @@cinemeleon2808 Yeah, I liked Woo too & I really liked Demon Knight as well. I definitely see them liking that one. Hope they give them a watch one day.

  • @keepwishin99
    @keepwishin99 3 месяца назад +137

    "even pastas straight until it gets wet" is CRAZY work but clever asl 😭

  • @melaninky
    @melaninky 3 месяца назад +18

    Omgg they have got to watch Girls Trip now!! Now they'll understand that small little call back between Jada & Queen Latifah! 😂

  • @elijahdawson1981
    @elijahdawson1981 3 месяца назад +24

    JOHN Q!!! Denzel Washington and Kimberly Elise!!! Excellent Movie!!!

  • @shania991
    @shania991 3 месяца назад +170

    I’m sitting over here wondering what ima watch while I eat then BOOM I see a set it off reaction, the fact y’all are dropping gems like this is beyond crazy I still cry on some parts. DADDY’S LITTLE GIRLS NEXT🙌🏾🙌🏾
    Quick edit: LAST HOLIDAY it’s a Queen Latifah movie‼️
    THE WOOD
    APOCALYPTO

    • @Dannean7
      @Dannean7 3 месяца назад +3

      Same!!!

    • @AceVenturaaa
      @AceVenturaaa 3 месяца назад +9

      Oh yes, they wud love The Last Holiday.

    • @Shirlslivingloved
      @Shirlslivingloved 3 месяца назад +4

      Yes!! Daddy's Little Girls and Last Holiday

    • @shania991
      @shania991 3 месяца назад

      @@AceVenturaaathey NEED to watch those!

    • @chuck-dee
      @chuck-dee 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm in for Last Holiday. And Daddy's Little Girls!

  • @iamdynez
    @iamdynez 3 месяца назад +281

    Soul Food fellas

  • @smittybenzo4693
    @smittybenzo4693 3 месяца назад +143

    $15 an hour USD in 1996 would be around $30 in 2024.

    • @CinePals
      @CinePals  3 месяца назад +30

      Yep!

    • @gigi-ij1hk
      @gigi-ij1hk 3 месяца назад +40

      And yet, the federal minimum wage has only increased $2.50 since then 😠

    • @infinitelybi2064
      @infinitelybi2064 3 месяца назад +6

      Shiii- Took me dam near 10 yrs to earn enough in my field to make $20 an hour NOW 😬😕… Yet Sadly/Ironically During Trumps first Term in Office as POTUS, i made more money than id ever have in the 5yrs prior 🤷🏽😬😕🫡

    • @roselynholloway7863
      @roselynholloway7863 3 месяца назад

      @@infinitelybi2064is that a high demand field

    • @Too.Cool.ForCardi
      @Too.Cool.ForCardi 3 месяца назад +6

      EXACTLY. That was a lot of money back then. They JUST made $15/hr. the minimum wage a couple of years ago.

  • @sethuposwa9860
    @sethuposwa9860 3 месяца назад +10

    After watching Set It Off, Mad Money now feels like it took place in a parallel universe 😂

  • @Simi_Jay
    @Simi_Jay 3 месяца назад +14

    Queen Latifah should have been nominated for an Oscar. She truly was robbed.

  • @teshawhite7960
    @teshawhite7960 3 месяца назад +70

    Thank you, this Black Woman needed this. Long week

  • @danielled8652
    @danielled8652 3 месяца назад +186

    Something New (2006) - Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker
    Soul Food (1997) - Nia Long, Vivica Fox, Vanessa Williams
    Best Man Holiday (2013) - Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut
    Brown Sugar (2002) - Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Queen Latifah
    The Preacher's Wife (1996) - Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington
    Just Wright (2010) - Queen Latifah, Common
    Life (1999) - Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy
    Think Like a Man (2012) Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, Steve Harvey
    Jumping The Broom (2011) - Angela Bassett, Paula Patton
    Big Momma's House (2000) - Nia Long, Terrence Howard, Martin Lawrence

    • @33-vertebrae
      @33-vertebrae 3 месяца назад +12

      Life and Soul Food, definitely!

    • @diablabeauty4585
      @diablabeauty4585 3 месяца назад +20

      Deliver Us From Eva 👏🏾

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +14

      Yes to these PLUS:
      Eve's Bayou (1997) - Lynn Whitfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett
      Jason's Lyric (1994) - Jada Pinkett Smith, Allen Payne
      Waiting to Exhale (1995) - Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett
      How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) - Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg, Taye Diggs
      A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (1996) - Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King
      Love Jones (1997) - Nia Long, Larenz Tate
      This Christmas (2007) - Regina King, Chris Brown, Loretta Devine
      ATL (2006) - T.I., Lauren London
      Sparkle (2012) - Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks,

    • @alecia-dfcb71
      @alecia-dfcb71 3 месяца назад +3

      Life, Soul Food, Think Like A Man, Brown Sugar for surrrrre

    • @aj_schwifty8458
      @aj_schwifty8458 3 месяца назад

      Life for sure! Great film for character analysis

  • @amiyahsanders9756
    @amiyahsanders9756 3 месяца назад +116

    Bringing down the house, Queen latifah and Steve Martin!!

    • @HD-er2cq
      @HD-er2cq 3 месяца назад +5

      That movie was hilarious 😂

    • @jocelyngipson7882
      @jocelyngipson7882 3 месяца назад +3

      Oh this is a great movie

  • @Risha-Rene
    @Risha-Rene Месяц назад +4

    I’ve seen this movie a thousand times & every time I cry. Ever single time. Classic

  • @modaniels-qx5ji
    @modaniels-qx5ji 20 дней назад +3

    I thought it was so interesting that they had never heard of this movie. That’s wild to me!

  • @MerlinDeLaGheddo
    @MerlinDeLaGheddo 3 месяца назад +39

    I cried again watching this. This movie is a tear jerker! Thank y’all for showing love to Black Cinema

  • @LegionIvory
    @LegionIvory 3 месяца назад +42

    This is definitely one of the dopest crime films ever made. So many layers and emotions.

  • @TheViralLockerrRoom
    @TheViralLockerrRoom 3 месяца назад +64

    Jaby, cops going in with guns a blazing while innocent bystanders are around is a real reality. Here in NYC, a man hopped the train withouth paying his fare and he was allegedly armed with a knife. The man was followed into the train car, police opened fire and two innocent bystanders were shot.

    • @roselynholloway7863
      @roselynholloway7863 3 месяца назад +4

      Crazy did they die

    • @TheViralLockerrRoom
      @TheViralLockerrRoom 3 месяца назад +26

      @@roselynholloway7863 No they didn't, thankfully they survived but these types of situations happen all the time.

    • @roselynholloway7863
      @roselynholloway7863 3 месяца назад

      @@TheViralLockerrRoomok

    • @Carpathianpixie
      @Carpathianpixie 2 месяца назад +5

      Omg, what the hell!?

    • @ronniebriggs3486
      @ronniebriggs3486 2 месяца назад

      Yea it's a very tough situation that's why I can't be a cop

  • @AuntieL_ATL
    @AuntieL_ATL 3 месяца назад +11

    Props for Jaby acknowledging the Living Single ripoff by Friends. I love both shows buy love when it is at least acknowledged 😂

  • @DaeKwonish
    @DaeKwonish 3 месяца назад +8

    Movie hits everytime you watch. They should have won more awards. Maybe even a Oscar nomination

  • @Africaisthefuture-zh8bo
    @Africaisthefuture-zh8bo 3 месяца назад +59

    OMG you did Set it Off!!! I remember suggesting it! The friendship and loyalty between them was outstanding. Rare to come across such loyal friends.

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 3 месяца назад +3

      Yesss! That's what got me tore up over this movie. Babyyy, they were committed!!

    • @Africaisthefuture-zh8bo
      @Africaisthefuture-zh8bo 3 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@cinemeleon2808 same! It's their connection that made me cry more than anything in the movie. Such a true and loving friendship. Cleo in particular is someone id love to have in my circle. I wouldn't let her die in my place though.... that was beyond love, thats pure loyalty. I wouldn't even know how to handle that. I'd hate myself forever. But God she was lovely. Her death and TT's was unnnecessary.

  • @SaneFlaGirl
    @SaneFlaGirl 3 месяца назад +95

    The DCF/ CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKER was Craig's mom from Friday.

    • @lucheechala
      @lucheechala 3 месяца назад +12

      And Dee from The Wayans Bros

    • @beautifulgemsllcbytirad.
      @beautifulgemsllcbytirad. 3 месяца назад +16

      ​@lucheechala Remember she was Thelma Frye first, lol

    • @polivepea
      @polivepea 3 месяца назад

      ​@@beautifulgemsllcbytirad.Big facts

    • @SaneFlaGirl
      @SaneFlaGirl 3 месяца назад +9

      @@beautifulgemsllcbytirad. that was the sitcom AMEN, correct?

    • @shannac.wilson9031
      @shannac.wilson9031 Месяц назад +2

      Nah that’s Thelma Frye from Amen lol. I love her.

  • @tomasinamichele
    @tomasinamichele 3 месяца назад +45

    Brown Sugar or Love & Basketball have my vote for next films. Love you guys ❤

  • @jmwilson6792
    @jmwilson6792 3 месяца назад +18

    I wonder if they realized that one of the main characters is also the lead in Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

  • @carlosmelendez8317
    @carlosmelendez8317 27 дней назад +2

    Stonie lost her parents, brother best friends and a potential love of her life. It was a cool send off the way the cop let her go.

  • @latanyacarter7167
    @latanyacarter7167 3 месяца назад +74

    New Jack City, The Five Heartbeats, House Party, Two Can Play That Game

    • @answ7211
      @answ7211 3 месяца назад +4

      The Five Heartbeats!!

    • @Nae2thicc94
      @Nae2thicc94 3 месяца назад

      All of these especially new Jack city!!

    • @athenablack5096
      @athenablack5096 3 месяца назад

      Did they do Juice

    • @latanyacarter7167
      @latanyacarter7167 3 месяца назад

      @@athenablack5096 I don't think they have yet.

  • @fredrickbrown4990
    @fredrickbrown4990 3 месяца назад +65

    My friends and I freaking love you guys!!! Keep doing your thing❤

  • @daileyderrickdd
    @daileyderrickdd 3 месяца назад +51

    Queen Latifah has a plethora of movies you guys would love.
    I’d love for you guys to react to..
    1. Last Holiday
    2. Bringing Down the House
    3. The Secret Life of Bees
    4. Girl’s Trip

  • @darionwilson3666
    @darionwilson3666 Месяц назад +4

    This is an iconic film in black households.

  • @DSGodiva
    @DSGodiva 2 месяца назад +3

    Man talk about a classic!! Cleo’s death with Up Against the Wind playing in the background still gets me every time.

  • @Blue4626
    @Blue4626 3 месяца назад +38

    Oh y’all are showing out! Now I want y’all to watch the players club 😂

    • @Monicahappened
      @Monicahappened 3 месяца назад +4

      Right 😂 I wanna see them vibe to Uncle Luke!

    • @polivepea
      @polivepea 3 месяца назад +2

      I concur

    • @tianarobinson4372
      @tianarobinson4372 Месяц назад

      That’s too much for RUclips they’ll have to edit ALOT

  • @sarcasticwanderer1148
    @sarcasticwanderer1148 3 месяца назад +30

    God, I haven't watched this in years. That scene with Cleo and the music playing always gets me 😭

  • @lisaaaaa777
    @lisaaaaa777 3 месяца назад +160

    NEXT MOVIE, “THE WOOD” funny and lighthearted with lots of familiar faces

    • @xnoxmrskillz6786
      @xnoxmrskillz6786 3 месяца назад +4

      I agree.

    • @brandyanderson3522
      @brandyanderson3522 3 месяца назад +1

      Yes!

    • @MiaMya396
      @MiaMya396 3 месяца назад +2

      🎶“Back in the days/when I was young I’m not a kid anymore/but some days/I sit and wish I was a kid againnnn..” 🎶

    • @latrinkaowens
      @latrinkaowens Месяц назад

      Yes

  • @richhill39
    @richhill39 3 месяца назад +3

    I've never seen you guys so invested in a movie before.
    When I saw that movie when it came out, I had the same reaction. Great movie.

  • @oldschoolde5183
    @oldschoolde5183 3 месяца назад +60

    Tupac Shakur in Juice and Poetic Justice should be on the list too.

    • @officermills
      @officermills 3 месяца назад +3

      Somehow, my black ass ain't seen neither one, but I love me some pac and Janet.

    • @officermills
      @officermills 3 месяца назад +2

      But I DID see Belly. Too far?

    • @Playwith_hope395
      @Playwith_hope395 26 дней назад

      I don't think they have enough background to relate to Juice

  • @chanelo4918
    @chanelo4918 3 месяца назад +326

    Eve’s Bayou

  • @carameldiva5131
    @carameldiva5131 3 месяца назад +56

    Dude pressing Queen about her car is director F. Gary Gray who directed this, the Friday movies and many more

    • @pcfool13
      @pcfool13 3 месяца назад +8

      Yup and he directed the Italian job which they brought up

  • @Jai_BestLife
    @Jai_BestLife 2 месяца назад +3

    I LOOOVE THIS FILM AND SOUNDTRACK! Queen Latifah 👑was further solidified as my girl for life with this movie!

  • @emonikellum428
    @emonikellum428 3 месяца назад +1

    One of the best movies ever. It’s high on my list of favorites so it’s good to see you guys appreciate this black classic! ❤

  • @anonymousgirl4605
    @anonymousgirl4605 3 месяца назад +58

    Oh my god!!! The girl whose pay was docked at the beginning.. That's the same woman from the Tyler Perry movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman!

  • @davidbarnes1113
    @davidbarnes1113 3 месяца назад +41

    One of Vivica Fox’s first roles was playing Patti LaBelle’s daughter on an early 90s sitcom called “Out All Night “ in which Patti played a singer and club owner named Chelsea Page.

  • @Destyn2B
    @Destyn2B 3 месяца назад +43

    FYI, Michael mentioned The Italian Job and F. Gary Gray directed both movies. He was also the guy who was clowning Cleo about her in the beginning.

  • @squarebiz90
    @squarebiz90 3 месяца назад +12

    You guys gotta do Soul Food next. That kitchen scene is a classic!

  • @theghettoracle
    @theghettoracle 3 месяца назад +13

    Man, I wish more people saw this on the silver screen. F. Gary Gray really created such a dynamic atmosphere that translated to one of greatest cinematic expereinces in modern history, not just in Black Cinema but in general. It was a little head of it's time.

  • @jewelljohnson4919
    @jewelljohnson4919 3 месяца назад +54

    Acrimony, Deliver us from Eva, Love and Basketball, The Best Man Holiday

  • @adrianTurbogocrazy
    @adrianTurbogocrazy 3 месяца назад +21

    Yall doing the lords work w these hood classics. This is one of my favorite movies❤

  • @nijaperry1264
    @nijaperry1264 3 месяца назад +50

    Queen Latifa is amazing, her range is crazy, you have to watch her movies!!! Listed below ❤️
    Secret Life of Bees
    The Last Holiday
    Mad Money
    Bringing Down The House
    Girls Trip
    Just Wright
    Beauty Shop
    Just to name a few 😩 she’s actually one of the best actresses ever 💯

    • @lolitafalana
      @lolitafalana 3 месяца назад +4

      We're all pushing for The Last Holiday lol. I also recommended they do a Queen Latifah catalogue deep dive. She is my favorite.

    • @jocelyngipson7882
      @jocelyngipson7882 3 месяца назад

      Oooo and Chicago!!

  • @allthingsarmani
    @allthingsarmani 3 месяца назад +6

    Jason’s Lyric would be an amazing watch too !! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @denithegodmother4158
    @denithegodmother4158 3 месяца назад +2

    I’m sooooooo happy you all did this movie (and are choosing to do more Black films), I can’t lie, when I saw it, it took a minute to click on it because I had to get my emotional setting together lol. This movie really catapulted Queen Latifah in her film career. This is such a culture classic! 😊Thank you all so much!

  • @TryingMurphy
    @TryingMurphy 3 месяца назад +28

    It’s funny because when yall started watching more black films I was thinking that you guys should react to Set It Off then boom here it is. Love y’all’s videos

    • @officermills
      @officermills 3 месяца назад

      It was only a matter of time

  • @isaiah9634
    @isaiah9634 3 месяца назад +17

    10:20 The way Jaby laughs...I believe him 100% that he almost passed out laughing on a weed cookie 😂

  • @deanahicks6744
    @deanahicks6744 3 месяца назад +15

    Omg this really warms my heart that you guys are watching these classics that a lot of us grew up on and you really pay attention and not disregard it as just a black cinema ❤ Thank you and keep em coming cuz I enjoy your takes on them ❤

  • @Nani-0613
    @Nani-0613 2 месяца назад +5

    Funny enough
    Queen Latifah (Cleo)
    wasn't out and never came out, but we always knew about her sexuality and this movie solidified it.
    She is currently married to her wife, and they have a child together .
    This movie has some of thw msot fanous black woman in Hollywood.
    Queen Latifah
    Rapper, Actress,singer
    Jada Pinkett-Smith
    Actress, model, singer
    Vivica A Fox
    Kimberly Elise ( Diary of a mad black woman)

  • @MangaPup
    @MangaPup 22 дня назад +2

    This movie is a straight up Black American and/or hood classic 💯🙌🏾😁.
    Some ppl call it a "true American classic" and feel that specifying like i did to be weird. I disagree. It's a discredit (for lack of a better word) to mesh experiences/perspectives specifically tied to a certain group as everyone's. I just mean there's a reason we specify.
    Black American/hood culture are sub-cultures of American culture. Like how Asian ppl specify what kind of Asian something is such as Korean, Thai, Indian, etc...Chicano culture is often referred to as such and not simply as American culture. And some ppl refer to a region of America for culture like "southern".
    Most Americans are white, and unless an ethnic group is specified, the collective/general culture is what is referred to.

  • @ChillwithRo3
    @ChillwithRo3 3 месяца назад +37

    😮yo!!!! My new favorite channel along with my favorite reactors along with one of my favorite movies!!!!...MADE MY NIGHT ❤

  • @jewelljohnson4919
    @jewelljohnson4919 3 месяца назад +24

    Black movie classics on Fridays and Tuesdays ❤❤❤

  • @IMHer777
    @IMHer777 3 месяца назад +15

    No matter how many times I watch this movie, still leaves me with the same feeling 😩

  • @07tthom
    @07tthom 18 дней назад +1

    You guys!!! It's so freaking awesome yall are watching these movies. No reactors ever watch them. 😊😊

  • @MasochisticMaiden
    @MasochisticMaiden 3 месяца назад +3

    “It’s a wonder they didn’t get a sequel” 😂😩
    Set It Off Again has been a funny internet rumor for years but I remember sneaking to watch this for the first time (as a kid) because my mom’s best friend would say I looked like a “little Jada Pinkett” and I felt insulted because I’m a kid and don’t know who that is. My older cousin lifted the key to the cabinet (where anything rated R was) so she could show me the movie and I’d stop being offended, it worked 90s Jada was chef’s kiss 🤌🏽✨

  • @billclay9489
    @billclay9489 3 месяца назад +29

    'these Columns are made of columns" side salad kills me yall. LOL

    • @danielled8652
      @danielled8652 3 месяца назад +1

      @@billclay9489 LOL are we really committing to calling him side salad? Cuz that is hilarious. I saw the comment on one of their previous reactions

    • @billclay9489
      @billclay9489 3 месяца назад +8

      @@danielled8652 LOL He first mentioned it on a tyler petty movie and I loved it. Im not calling him that out of disrepect. Im calling him that because he said it and its funny. i love it. He needs to trademark it. LOL

    • @Destyn2B
      @Destyn2B 3 месяца назад +4

      He cracks me up! 😂

    • @lucheechala
      @lucheechala 3 месяца назад +3

      "Side salad" 😂😂😂 love that name for him

    • @TheCrystella26
      @TheCrystella26 3 месяца назад +1

      😂😂