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Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press: Rock has said that he wanted to make a movie that captures the energy of his stand-up. Top Five fits the bill. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: As an actor, Rock doesn't create much of a spark with Dawson, and as a director, he tends to let scenes go on too long. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Mr. Rock has made a pyrotechnic pinwheel of a personal comedy, and he's had the wisdom to share it with a strong co-star. While he sends sparks flying every which way, Rosario Dawson keeps the story grounded in calm intelligence and classic romance. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Rock's fast-talking rhythms are all over this movie, and they lift it up; it's like dropping in on a party full of funny people, and leaving before the evening fades. Read more
Scott Foundas, Variety: It can be hard for a movie to dwell on the problems of the rich and famous without seeming a touch self-serving, but Rock always keeps things in perspective. Read more
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: A disorganized, dawdling mess of a movie that is rarely anything less than charming. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: "Top Five" is a funny movie, but Rock has his sights set higher than lowbrow, and for the most part, he succeeds. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It's a slap-happy movie and often scurrilously funny - the sound of a gifted comic mind finally finding its onscreen voice. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Top Five is Rock's most accomplished work yet, a truly personal story whose comedic riffs on love, race, sex, and celebrity are carefully woven into a credible romantic plot. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: In "Top Five," you sense Rock trying to load all these disparate talents onto a conventional romantic-comedy structure. It's a close call, but it holds. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: For an ostensibly soul-deep movie like this to work, we need more than smirks and scowls. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: The movie marks the first time Rock's stand-up persona - cutting, vulnerable, afraid of no sacred cows - has survived intact on the way to the multiplex. That alone is reason for fans to celebrate. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Like Rock's best stand-up shows, Top Five mixes the sweet with the salty, the naughty with the remarkably kind. It celebrates the darkly hilarious with the light of whip-smart observations. Read more
Adam Graham, Detroit News: [Rock is] still not all the way there in "Top Five," his third effort as writer-director-star. But the movie has so many laughs it hardly matters. Read more
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: You come away from it with the thrilling sensation that you're seeing an artist you thought you knew reinvent himself. Read more
Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: The writing is strong enough that when the humor gives way to drama in the second half, there's enough at stake to keep us interested, although Rock still has plenty of jokes in store for the finale. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: To the writing, Rock brings the discipline of his stand-up. Even with some improvisation, there is not one throwaway line in this fat-free script. Read more
Tony Hicks, San Jose Mercury News: You'll likely leave the theater smiling. And when's the last time you cold say that about a Chris Rock movie? Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The movie, which alternates between hilariously vulgar gags and some electric improvs and riffs by Rock and his cast of all-stars, has the crackle and pop of a live performance - it energizes you. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: It can be delightful, intelligent, crude, clumsy and culturally tone-deaf, depending on which scene is rolling by. One minute it's a major letdown, the next minute a joy to watch. Read more
Richard Brody, New Yorker: Chris Rock wrote, directed, and stars in this genial, splendidly constructed, occasionally hilarious comic drama with a reflexive twist. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Welcome back, Chris Rock. Read more
Linda Holmes, NPR: It's fun to watch Chris Rock; it's just fun. And there are parts of this film where it's fun to watch him in exactly the ways he wants it to be. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Just when it seemed like Chris Rock had already done plenty for the culture, along comes his latest work as a writer and director, "Top Five." And it's one of the most vibrant, sly romantic comedies this year. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: A romantic comedy that's also an extended riff on art, identity, authenticity and what it means to be a black entertainer ... Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: An innovative take on familiar material, Top Five is an exquisitely paced, rich, idiosyncratic, satirical, yet deeply moving free-form comedy about a Hollywood star who is shadowed for one day by a New York Times reporter. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: A seriously funny, semi-autobiographical film that might be the most accomplished work Chris Rock has ever done for the big screen. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: The sweetest surprise in this raunchy comic ride is how artfully Rock lets down his guard. His confident, prowling wit as a stand-up has finally found its way to the screen, enhanced by a bracing vulnerability. Read more
Anna Silman, Salon.com: Rock still hasn't figured out exactly what he wants you to think of him, but the way the film reflects that uncertainty may be the most interesting thing about it. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: What lingers hours later aren't just the laughs but the people. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Raunchy in extremis, often funny and at times touching, "Top Five" is Chris Rock's sincere attempt to craft a film career largely detached from his stand-up clowning. Read more
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: With "Top Five," Rock has finally made the transition to true movie stardom. Read more
Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail: Top Five finds Rock in an elevated form, at 49. Things change, sometimes for the better. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Rock is on a roll again. Read more
James Rocchi, TheWrap: "Top Five" may be Chris Rock's biggest and boldest film as a director and writer, but a sharper, smarter, realer script would have made it far more than just a lazy, lightweight laughfest. Read more
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: On the surface, a lost-artist comedy in the vein of Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, but more deeply, a referendum on the dead-end choices Rock himself might be feeling. Read more
Liz Braun, Toronto Sun: Chris Rock's Top Five is very funny -- no surprise there -- but it's also unexpectedly romantic. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Rock's ambitious passion project - he wrote, directed and stars in it - is a bawdy, uninhibited yet thoughtful social satire about fame vs. artistic fulfillment. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: Top Five is a reminder that as often as comedy fails us, sometimes it's our best hope for resuscitation. Seeing it at the end of a crap week, I suddenly felt I could breathe again. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: "Top Five" has the bright, high-gloss feel of the most delicious wish-fulfillment fantasies, but it derives its spiky, propulsive energy from the adamantly forthright figure at its center. Read more