'Top Five' review: Chris Rock's best movie to date

In his new movie, Top Five, out Dec. 5, Chris Rock plays a movie star whose already-fading career is about to crumble on the day he's being interviewed by a savvy New York Times reporter (Rosario Dawson) about his 

As brilliantly funny as Chris Rock is, he's never been able to replicate the high-voltage danger and electricity of his stand-up act on the big screen. But in his latest film, the sharply satirical Top Five, he not only makes a case for why he should

Movie critics irritate Chris Rock. So do obsessed fans, reality TV, celebrity culture and Hollywood in general. Frankly, I'm thrilled that all these things push Rock's buttons. That pique produces the stinging, sweet hilarity of "Top Five." It has also

That all changes with Top Five, where he serves as writer, director, and star. In interviews, Rock has said that he worked on the screenplay during his downtime while co-starring in Grown Ups 2; if that's the case, then we 

As brilliantly funny as Chris Rock is, he's never been able to replicate the high-voltage danger and electricity of his stand-up act on the big screen. But in his latest film, the sharply satirical Top Five, he not only makes a case for why he should