Friday is a 1995 American
stoner buddy crime comedy film directed by
F. Gary Gray in his directorial debut. It stars
Ice Cube, who co-wrote the film with
DJ Pooh, and
Chris Tucker in his first starring role. The film details roughly 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones (Cube) and Smokey (Tucker), who must pay a
drug dealer $200 by 10:00 p.m. that night.