Kingdom Come
 | Directed by Doug McHenry Starring: LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson 20th Century Fox, 2001, DVD Customer Rating: 48 reviews Recommend |
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When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb (Whoopi Goldberg) calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs reunite under one roof, including Ray
Whoopi Goldberg and LL Cool J lead a strong cast in Kingdom Come, one of those the-whole-family-comes-together comedy-dramas that celebrate the transcendent power of love. When the surly patriarch of the family dies, relatives descend upon his widow (Goldberg): his recovering alcoholic son Ray (Cool J) and his wife Lucille (Vivica Fox from Independence Day), who have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant; the incompetent other son Junior (Anthony Anderson, Big Momma's House) and his jealous wife Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith) and their three rambunctious boys; the over-religious sister (Loretta Devine) and her shiftless son; and assorted other eccentric characters who generally turn the reception and funeral into a series of squabbling indignities — the kids even wrap the hearse in toilet paper. The movie's script is modest at best and loaded with forced plot points — to no one's surprise, all problems are resolved in an orgy of forgiveness — but the cast handles the material with sincerity and grace. Goldberg rises to the top as the stoic Mama Rae, lacing her bland lines with a dry and biting wit. Cedric the Entertainer (The Original Kings of Comedy) and singer Toni Braxton round out the cast. — Bret Fetzer
Title: Kingdom Come
Sales Rank: 12362 in DVD
Actor: LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson
Director: Doug McHenry
Studio: 20th Century Fox, 2001-09-25, Theatrical Release: 2001-04-11
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.85:1
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 94 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.25 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.1 pounds
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