Kingdom Come PG

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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 9, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Searchlight

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 7,642
Rating: C- -- The structure and style are a staple of many traveling black stage shows ... What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 12, 2001
Rating: 2/4 -- ...a well-intentioned yet wholly misguided piece of work that effectively wastes its talented cast... Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Apr 8, 2010
KINGDOM COME is at once uproarious and serious, and it abounds in that combination of warmth and emotion that is summed up in the word soul, a rare quality outside African American movies....A rich pleasure...
Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2001
...The film's most sober and touching performance belongs to LL Cool J...
New York Times
Apr 11, 2001
There's nothing original about this film, but it does boast a solid anchor in Goldberg and include some pretty good acting around her. Full Review
San Diego Metropolitan
Oct 21, 2002
Rating: 2/4 -- Something is amiss when gentleness is the most memorable element of the film that desperately wants to be a rollicking gutbuster. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
May 4, 2001
Rating: 2.5/4 -- It takes this stock situation and gives it moments of discovery, as well as an emotional showiness that's sometimes hard to resist. Full Review
Journal News (Westchester, NY)
May 23, 2001

Product Description:

Whoopi Goldberg stars in KINGDOM COME as matriarch Raynelle Slocumb, whose mean-spirited husband, Ray Bud, unexpectedly falls down dead at the breakfast table in this touching and irreverent comedy based on the play DEARLY DEPARTED by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Ray Bud's untimely death forces the dysfunctional Slocumb clan together for a long weekend where family tensions, grievances, and long-suffering silences are aired as they prepare the funeral of their patriarch. An all-star African American cast features L.L. Cool J as Ray Bud Jr., who is put in charge of the funeral despite his struggles to come to terms with unresolved feelings for his father while battling alcoholism and an unhappy marriage with his wife, Lucille (Vivica A. Fox). Bud Jr.'s brother, Junior (Anthony Anderson), is a small-time scheme-spinner who descends on the Slocumb family home in rural Lulu, California with his shrewish wife, Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith), and their three monstrous children. Bud's sister, Marguerite (Loretta Devine), is a deeply religious bible-thumper whose son, Royce (Darius McCrary)--affectionately called Satan--dreams of starting a family of his own so he can live on welfare. And finally, wealthy cousin, Juanita (Toni Braxton), who competes with Charisse for Junior's affection as the whole family comes together for a wildly vibrant ride orchestrated by a slightly gaseous Reverend (Cedric The Entertainer). Set to a rollicking gospel soundtrack by Kirk Franklin, featuring a title song with Jill Scott, this entertaining combination of humor and family dynamics features a first-rate ensemble cast brimming over with vitality in this self-parody of African American family life.

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  • UPC: 024543023975
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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