Dave Chappelle's Block Party: Critic Reviews

A movie with good humor, good music and a positive message that isn't a complete embarrassment to watch.

This is effectively an inner-city Woodstock -- only funny.

Chappelle's payback to the people is a great and funny documentary-concert film.

a slamming concert telecast that ... proves how raw hip-hop music can translate to film without missing a beat.

the party of the year thanks to some amazing music and a very funny, very likeable host

Chappelle will NOT be following Drawn Together

This movie looks thrown together, kind of like the block party that serves as its focus. And it has all of the appeal of a spontaneous gathering of friends who, in this case, happen to be some of the biggest names in in music.

I want to see another hour of Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Block Party is entertaining from start to finish... you'll walk out of this film with a smile on your face and a few tunes stuck in your head.

The theme of racial self-empowerment runs throughout Dave Chappelle's Block Party. I don't think the comedian just wanted to organize a concert. I think he wanted to encourage positivity.

...the gritty funnyman (Chappelle) invites us all to his specialized big event where the conscientious laughter and lyrics are symbolically joined at the soulful hip.

While Dave Chappelle's recent tv appearances have suggested the reasons for his departure from his tv series last year, this film brings back in energetic, funny, insightful full force, surrounded by people he likes and admires.

...those of you expecting wall-to-wall sketches and Charlie Murphy are going to be disappointed.

The cinematic equivalent of that first beautiful day of spring ... when you can take off your coat and go to the park, bob your head with the radios playing to the open, sweet-scented air and watch the pretty girls walk by.

A gift to both Chappelle and hip-hop fans.

Watching the concert on screen is almost as good as being there.

His [Chappelle] return to the public eye doesn't result in much musical magic or comedic fun.

There are just enough provocative notes hit for "Block Party" to stand out as more than just a frivolous good time (though it can be enjoyed in that way as well).

Block Party itself doesn't kill, exactly, but its charms are enough to disarm.

There's an intimate, just-throwing-a-party feel to the whole bash, thanks to Chappelle's pretension-puncturing humor and the sense that, whatever their issues or accomplishments, the artists are there mainly to share some love with their fans.

Block Party makes for a transcendent experience.