Reviews:
"[T]he movie’s structure resembles the segues of a stand-up set, with a routine about what it’s like to be black and a celebrity leading into a bit about pop culture and then some material about marriage, family, and addiction..." - 12/11/2014 A.V. Club

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Rock delivers the laughs, big ones, laced with razor-sharp observations on everything from pop culture to racial politics." - 12/11/2014 Rolling Stone

"[The film has] finally given Rock the big-screen role this stand-up great deserves....As writer, director and star, he has a great deal of control, and he uses it wisely and wittily." - 12/11/2014 Los Angeles Times

"[Rock] not only makes a case for why he should be a bona fide movie star, he also proves he's a writer-director to be reckoned with." -- Grade: A- - 12/16/2014 Entertainment Weekly

"[F]ast and blisteringly funny....A romantic comedy that’s also an extended riff on art, identity, authenticity and what it means to be a black entertainer..." - 12/12/2014 New York Times

"This is a smart, savvy film with sabre-sharp one-liners, a half-dozen terrific supporting turns, one of the best scores of the year, a winning romance and a heartfelt and authentic performance from Rock." - 12/11/2014 Chicago Sun-Times

3 stars out of 4 -- "TOP FIVE ultimately satisfies as an often raunchy ramble about celebrity, sobriety, selling out and sex..." - 12/12/2014 Roger Ebert

"A vibrant sense of possibility and joy propels TOP FIVE, Chris Rock’s ode to romance, New York, artistic ideals and gutsy self-invention." - 12/11/2014 Washington Post

3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] bawdy, uninhibited yet thoughtful social satire about fame vs. artistic fulfillment." - 12/13/2014 USA Today

"As a writer, Rock sets up one volatile situation after another, no sweat, and as a director, he captures his performers at their most explosively spontaneous." - 12/10/2015 Film Comment

4 stars out of 5 -- "The best aspect is watching Rock on blistering form, pricking the pomposity of the film biz while mixing in real-life cameos..." - 05/01/2015 Total Film

4 stars out of 5 -- "A merrily ferocious pop at the Hollywood bubble that balances sharp, acid laughs with a sweet, believable meet-cute. Top of the pack and Chris Rock’s best movie." - 05/01/2015 Empire

"[A] candid, fresh, ferociously funny snapshot of life in the celebrity bubble." - 09/07/2014 Variety