Mr. Rock's opening scene is very funny. After that it's a steep downhill slide.

| Feb 5, 2018

Likeable Chris Rock in a comedy about race.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2010

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2001

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 1, 2001

The makers of Down to Earth were faced with a dilemma nobody would have anticipated: Boosting their star's screen time kills the comedy.

| Feb 27, 2001

Rarely has a pair of leather pants been so sorely abused in the service of low comedy.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2001

When Rock finds his authentic swing as an actor as well as a comedian, he'll be, like, a movie god.

| Original Score: B | Feb 22, 2001

Almost every minute of Down to Earth is entertaining. But not quite surprising.

| Feb 21, 2001

The people behind this movie ... wisely devote 25 percent of the film to Rock's stand-up routine.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 17, 2001

A ham-handed fantasy that manages the damn near impossible feat of making Chris Rock unfunny.

Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5 | Feb 16, 2001

For a comedy, there are precious few real laughs.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 16, 2001

It's pretty consistently funny, if far generations removed from anything original.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 16, 2001

Affable but forgettable.

| Feb 16, 2001

Bland and unfunny.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2001

The movie is still mostly just a weak rehash of its already-light predecessors, and what humor there is mostly comes off as just plain, ah, stiff.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2001

Heaven can wait and so can the audience for the new Chris Rock comedy ever to catch fire.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 16, 2001

Doesn't feel fat or padded, like so many contemporary comedies, and its very leanness is appealing.

| Feb 16, 2001

At its best, Down to Earth is pleasant, relatively inoffensive vehicle for Rock, who, at least, proves that he can 'carry' a movie. But next time, please, no remakes.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2001

This medium-octane farce is neither as uproarious as its star and set-up promise nor as inept as every other studio picture released in recent weeks.

| Feb 16, 2001