I know a lot of people didn't like Down to Earth, and one person here even said that Chris Rock is not an actor (which I disagree with). I may be a little biased because I am a HUGE Chris Rock fan, and I think he's the funniest man in comedy today (well, next to George Carlin). Down to Earth, the story of comedian Lance Barton who is killed before he's meant to die and is given the body of a rich white man which he uses to try to win the affections of the girl of his dreams, is basically plotless, but it did have a lot of funny scenes. A particular highlight is when he drives through Harlem in a Rolls-Royce jamming down to Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Gin and Juice" while the black guys in the next car are seeing an old white guy doing this.
Granted, I was a little disappointed because Rock and his show's staff wrote this, and I think they could do better than remaking another movie for material. Give them a few more chances before you impugn Chris Rock's movie career entirely. Look at his buddy Adam Sandler. His early self-written stuff ("Billy Madison" to be specific) was downright terrible. But as he got to "The Waterboy" he got the laugh part right, as he did with "Big Daddy", and then once he got to "Little Nicky" it was apparent he finally figured out how to add plots to his films, too. Hopefully it won't take Rock that long to figure all that stuff out, but I'm just trying to say don't count a long-term movie career out for him.
Granted, I was a little disappointed because Rock and his show's staff wrote this, and I think they could do better than remaking another movie for material. Give them a few more chances before you impugn Chris Rock's movie career entirely. Look at his buddy Adam Sandler. His early self-written stuff ("Billy Madison" to be specific) was downright terrible. But as he got to "The Waterboy" he got the laugh part right, as he did with "Big Daddy", and then once he got to "Little Nicky" it was apparent he finally figured out how to add plots to his films, too. Hopefully it won't take Rock that long to figure all that stuff out, but I'm just trying to say don't count a long-term movie career out for him.