35 and Ticking is an african american comedy/romance film directed by Russ Parr

Russ Parr

Russ Parr is an American radio and television personality.-Career:Parr began as a Production Services Director at ABC TV....

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The film features a large African American ensemble cast

Ensemble cast

An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...

, starring Meagan Good

Meagan Good

Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....

, Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe , also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. She is perhaps best known for her role as attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and her role as Becky Barnett in Boogie Nights.-Early life:Parker was born in...

, Tamala Jones

Tamala Jones

Tamala R. Jones is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game...

, Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart (actor)

Kevin Hart is an American actor and stand-up comedian.-Early life and career:Hart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his single mother...

, Kym Whitley

Kym Whitley

Kym Elizabeth Whitley is an American actress and comedienne.-Early life:Whitley was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Career:...

, Luenell

Luenell

Luenell Campbell , known professionally as Luenell, is an American comedienne and actress.She was born in Tollette, Arkansas and uses only her first name. She is the youngest of eight children...

, Darius McCrary

Darius McCrary

Darius Creston McCrary is an American film and television actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom Family Matters...

, Dondre Whitfield

Dondre Whitfield

Dondre T. Whitfield is an American television actor.-Career:Whitfield attended the Performing Arts High School in New York City, New York. He was featured on the sitcom The Cosby Show as Robert Foreman...

, Mike Epps

Mike Epps

Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...

, Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell

-Movie career:Powell is known for playing the role of Pinky in the 2000 comedy film, Next Friday and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next. Powell stars also in the Indie thriller Chain Letter.In 2009 he played "Bowman" in the film Just Another Day...

, Jill Marie Jones

Jill Marie Jones

Jill Marie Jones is an African-American actress. She is best known for her role as realtor Toni Childs on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends.-Biography:...

, Wendy Raquel Robinson

Wendy Raquel Robinson

Wendy Raquel Robinson is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as high school principal Regina Grier on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as sports agent Tasha Mack on the CW/BET comedy-drama The Game....

, and Keith Robinson (actor)

Keith Robinson (actor)

Keith Robinson is an American actor and R&B singer.-Early life:Robinson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and later moved to Atlanta...

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Plot

The movie starts off with four friends, Victoria (Tamala Jones

Tamala Jones

Tamala R. Jones is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game...

), Zenobia (Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe , also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. She is perhaps best known for her role as attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and her role as Becky Barnett in Boogie Nights.-Early life:Parker was born in...

), Cleavon (Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart (actor)

Kevin Hart is an American actor and stand-up comedian.-Early life and career:Hart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his single mother...

), and Phil (Keith Robinson

Keith Robinson (actor)

Keith Robinson is an American actor and R&B singer.-Early life:Robinson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and later moved to Atlanta...

). Victoria and Zenobia talk about their futures and both promise they will get married and live next to each other and their children would be best friends like these two are. A few years later takes us to Zenobia's 37th birthday party where Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon, and Phil are gathered at a table. Cleavon notices a beautiful woman, he tells Zenobia, and Zenobia calls the girl over. Cleavon, very nervous and awkward around her, attempts to ask for her number but fails. She tells him her name is Philinda (Meagan Good

Meagan Good

Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....

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Cast

• Meagan Good
  Meagan Good
  Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....
  
   as Falinda
• Nicole Ari Parker
  Nicole Ari Parker
  Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe , also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. She is perhaps best known for her role as attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and her role as Becky Barnett in Boogie Nights.-Early life:Parker was born in...
  
   as Zenobia
• Tamala Jones
  Tamala Jones
  Tamala R. Jones is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game...
  
   as Victoria
• Kevin Hart
  Kevin Hart (actor)
  Kevin Hart is an American actor and stand-up comedian.-Early life and career:Hart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his single mother...
  
   as Cleavon
• Keith Robinson (actor)
  Keith Robinson (actor)
  Keith Robinson is an American actor and R&B singer.-Early life:Robinson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and later moved to Atlanta...
  
   as Phil
• Kym Whitley
  Kym Whitley
  Kym Elizabeth Whitley is an American actress and comedienne.-Early life:Whitley was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Career:...
  
   as Shavelle
• Luenell
  Luenell
  Luenell Campbell , known professionally as Luenell, is an American comedienne and actress.She was born in Tollette, Arkansas and uses only her first name. She is the youngest of eight children...
  
   as Donya
• Darius McCrary
  Darius McCrary
  Darius Creston McCrary is an American film and television actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom Family Matters...
  
   as Nick West
• Dondre Whitfield
  Dondre Whitfield
  Dondre T. Whitfield is an American television actor.-Career:Whitfield attended the Performing Arts High School in New York City, New York. He was featured on the sitcom The Cosby Show as Robert Foreman...
  
   as Austin
• Mike Epps
  Mike Epps
  Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...
  
  
• Clifton Powell
  Clifton Powell
  -Movie career:Powell is known for playing the role of Pinky in the 2000 comedy film, Next Friday and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next. Powell stars also in the Indie thriller Chain Letter.In 2009 he played "Bowman" in the film Just Another Day...
  
   as Zane
• Jill Marie Jones
  Jill Marie Jones
  Jill Marie Jones is an African-American actress. She is best known for her role as realtor Toni Childs on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends.-Biography:...
  
   as Coco
• Wendy Raquel Robinson
  Wendy Raquel Robinson
  Wendy Raquel Robinson is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as high school principal Regina Grier on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as sports agent Tasha Mack on the CW/BET comedy-drama The Game....
  
   as Calise
• Aaron D. Spears
  Aaron D. Spears
  Aaron Darnell Spears is an African American actor.He currently portrays Justin Barber on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. His previous television credits include guest roles on Bones, Criminal Minds and Shark.-Reference:*...
  
   as Officer Jones
• Angelique Bates
  Angelique Bates
  Angelique Bates is an American actress best known for the two seasons she served on the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That.-Early career:...
  
  as Gangsta Girl
• Skoti Collins as Bade fatah