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Sandra, who Preach cheated on with Brenda. Preach becomes angry and retreats to Martha’s, where he sees Brenda there and apologizes for what happened between them. However, Damon is there, and Stone and Robert also show up shortly after being released from jail that morning. Still believing Preach and
Cochise snitched on them, Stone and Robert chase Preach through Martha’s. Preach locks himself in Martha’s occupied bathroom while Martha intervenes and kicks Stone and Robert out with her meat cleaver. Preach tries to sneak out the side door, but is spotted by the pair who are waiting for him outside with Damon, and a chase ensues.
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Stone in the film, recalled how he was approached by producers of the film while playing basketball one day. The crew members were looking for realistic gang members to be a part of the cast, so after being tipped off by police, producers offered Stone and his sidekick Norman Gibson, who played the character of Robert in the film, a role in the movie.
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back to school, the gang goes to Martha’s, a local soul food hangout, where Preach meets and falls in love with fellow classmate Brenda while shooting craps with neighborhood hoodlums Stone and Robert. Cochise and Preach make a dollar bet on whether Preach can get Brenda into bed, after which Preach
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gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that the opening 10 minutes "leave you with the impression that 'Cooley High' is going to be nothing more than a series of routine and unfunny gags. But then the film's magic begins to work, and 'Cooley High' turns into a beguiling story that's affecting,
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Cochise out of jail, and he sets off to find Cochise to tell him the news. While looking for Cochise, Preach runs into Cochise's cousin, Jimmy Lee, who takes him to his apartment. Once there, Preach finds Cochise with his ex-girlfriend,
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was not so impressed, calling the film's nostalgia "deja vu and hackneyed, antiseptic even." She found several comic scenes to be "ell-executed ... But these passages still lack a distinctive look and enough fire to raise 'Cooley' above the mediocre mark." Reviewing
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warehouse after Preach runs a red light. They manage to evade the police, but not after Preach rear ends a parked car with the occupants still inside, causing the four to flee in opposite directions before the police arrive.
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called it "a heartening comedy drama" with "a fine cast of young players" that were "well directed by Michael Schultz", adding that "you don't have to be black to enjoy it immensely."
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