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First Sunday

Play trailer Poster for First Sunday PG-13 Released Jan 11, 2008 1h 38m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Petty thieves Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) face a big problem: The two must come up with $17,000 in one week, or Durell will no longer be able to see his son. The goofy scoundrels embark on a haphazard plan to rob the neighborhood church, but they find the mission trickier than expected. When they arrive, they discover that somebody equally disreputable has already had his hand in the coffers. Now, they must trace the money to a group of parishioners.
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First Sunday may have its heart in the right place, but its funny bone is dislocated.

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Alonso Duralde MSNBC The missing-church-funds subplot will be easily figured out by any four year old, but it winds up being a McGuffin anyway. Rated: 2/5 May 1, 2008 Full Review Phelim O'Neill Guardian With his movie debut, Talbert plays to his established audience, the redemption message riding roughshod over everything, even such trifling concerns as character consistency and continuity. Rated: 1/5 Mar 28, 2008 Full Review Wendy Ide The Times (UK) The least funny man ever to make a career in comedy movies, Ice Cube hauls his sullen mug back in front of the cameras for the execrable First Sunday. Rated: 1/5 Mar 28, 2008 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com The ending seems either a catering to studio influence or an effort to keep the film at a certain length as it falls short of Talbert's usual standard of writing. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 7, 2020 Full Review Dave White Movies.com Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2011 Full Review Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net First Sunday isn't an out and out bad film, but to be a good one it would need to either greatly raise the dramatic steaks, or push its comedic boundaries over the top in conception. Instead it treads water safely in the middle, and it shows. Rated: 5/10 Mar 22, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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alan g Horrible movie. Since when is robbing a church funny? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/14/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é ruim, o filme tem cenas de comédia ruins, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é bacana, mas quase ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, e os personagens são mais ou menos, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review David J I have never seen such poor dialogue in a movie. My guess is that it was written with a dull crayon on the back of a pack of rolling papers. Ice Cube, or whatever his name is, is not an actor and will never be. You might need your 4th-grade Grammar book through this pathetic excuse of a movie. It's definitely 2 thumbs down! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/19/24 Full Review Audience Member I liked the movie. Loved the ending. Got teary eyed. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Keshon L i mean like its a movie i mean the jokes are very funny to me like he is getting massage by a man like bro that was very funny i think the chruch people are pretty funny to.but this plot is wired robbing a chruch like that is such a crazy plot for this movie why was does movie created anyways?there are probably some plot holes in does movie on how to live this chruch man and the old man that was blind had the money man this is so underrated.The singing the guy that didn't know his birthday is the best part of the whole movie.problem is that it takes way to long to find were the money is his ice cubes fake son in does adds nothing to the story i would be find if you cut him out.but its a bad movie but fun its a 7/10 fun kinda but will not see again maybe idk. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/22 Full Review Audience Member The worst acting ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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David E. Talbert

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Ice Cube

Durell

Katt Williams

Rickey

Tracy Morgan

LeeJohn

Loretta Devine

Sister Doris

Michael Beach

Deacon

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Synopsis Petty thieves Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) face a big problem: The two must come up with $17,000 in one week, or Durell will no longer be able to see his son. The goofy scoundrels embark on a haphazard plan to rob the neighborhood church, but they find the mission trickier than expected. When they arrive, they discover that somebody equally disreputable has already had his hand in the coffers. Now, they must trace the money to a group of parishioners.
Director
David E. Talbert
Producer
David E. Talbert, David McIlvain, Tim Story, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez
Screenwriter
David E. Talbert
Distributor
Screen Gems, Sony
Production Co
Cubevision, Story Company, Firm Films
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Brief Drug References|Some Sexual Humor)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 11, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$37.9M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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