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Kingdom Come

PG Released Apr 11, 2001 1h 34m Comedy List
27% Tomatometer 66 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
The best and the worst of the Slocumb family are on display when Woodrow "Bud" Slocumb keels over from a stroke. As the town swelters in the summer heat, family tensions reach a comedic boil as the Slocumb clan comes together to remember their dearly departed.
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While it has its moments, Kingdom Come is marred by a script that's low on laughs and uneven in tone.

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Anthony Breznican Associated Press This story about relatives who set about annoying each other at a funeral has some heartfelt emotion, but it clashes spectacularly with unseemly gross-out humor. Mar 1, 2019 Full Review Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle Rated: 1/5 Mar 10, 2003 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a well-intentioned yet wholly misguided piece of work that effectively wastes its talented cast... Rated: 2/4 Apr 8, 2010 Full Review Guylaine Cadorette Hollywood.com Rated: 2/5 Nov 20, 2008 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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jordan m I tried to muster up a liking for this movie from the very beginning and just could not do it. The movie went out of its way to characterize Loretta & Jada's roles as absolute harpies, nagging their male counterparts for several minutes of screentime each as their way of starting the movie off and literally attempted to portray Jada's husband's murderous response as a joke, only to then have her continue in this vein literally the entire movie - it seemed they thought that her ultimately being correct about him cheating on her was her redemptive character arc, but it just did not work that way for me. The interactions between LL & Anthony's characters brought the movie way too far in the other extreme, which if I could forget that it's supposed to be a comedy could've made it a good movie, particularly LL's struggle with alcoholism & the non-funny matronly turn from Whoopi. The movie focused what felt like half of its screen time on Jada's character being just atrocious in every way, even splashing the well-meaning Anthony in the face in the middle of the funeral, then expected her forgiving him in the last 3 minutes of the movie to be a tidy ending. Not even the music, usually a highlight in black fold comedies, was of any note as it was all gospel music written mostly by the same guy. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely love this movie. Very inspirational and based on our daily lives story. 🙏⛪ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member hilarously funny! i watch it everytime it comes on Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member If you're looking for a well written film with meaning and that has a great plot than I suggest you bypass this film. However, if you're lookig for a movie "just for laughs", I just suggest you watch Kingdom Come. I can watch this movie over and over and still fall out of my seat from laughing so hard! Great pick-me-upper! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie. Good soundtrack too Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Stupid funny...whoopi, jada, toni, anthony anderson, and ll cool j...i couldn't breathe Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The best and the worst of the Slocumb family are on display when Woodrow "Bud" Slocumb keels over from a stroke. As the town swelters in the summer heat, family tensions reach a comedic boil as the Slocumb clan comes together to remember their dearly departed.
Director
Doug McHenry
Producer
John Morrissey, Edward Bates
Screenwriter
David Dean Bottrell, Jessie Jones, David Dean Bottrell, Jessie Jones
Distributor
Fox
Production Co
Fox Searchlight, Bates Entertainment, Turman-Morrissey Company
Rating
PG (Sensuality|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.2M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
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