Storyline
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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80
L.A. Weekly
Demme (Monument Ave.) brings a sure hand with pace and structure to the soft-at-heart script by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone, allowing Murphy, Lawrence and company to sit back and focus on the job at hand -- making us laugh.
80
Los Angeles Times
Gracefully bittersweet and balanced. [16 April 1999, Calendar, p.F-1]
75
Christian Science Monitor
No show-business tradition is sturdier than the two-man comedy team, and no contemporary stars are better suited to the format than Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Pairing them was a terrific idea.
70
Lawrence and Murphy make an entertaining team. And they are surrounded by a supporting cast that makes the prison setting more pleasant than it has any right to be.
70
Variety
Careens from decade to decade, and from relative dramatic realism to frequent hilarity, in often-winning fashion.
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