Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 2006
- Director: Malcolm D Lee
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo’Nique
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Martin Lawrence – Do the Right Thing
- James Earl Jones - Star Wars etc, Field of Dreams, Matewan
- Margaret Avery – The Colour Purple
- Joy Bryant – Bobby, Antwone Fischer
- Cedric the Entertainer - Cadillac Records, Be Cool, Intolerable Cruelty
- Michael Clarke Duncan – The Island, Daredevil, The Green Mile, Armageddon
- Mike Epps - Sparkle
- Mo’Nique - Precious
- Why? Possibly entertaining
- Seen: 15 August 2022
Family comedies are usually anathema to
me, but James Earl Jones has to make it worth watching, right?
Roscoe Jenkins (Lawrence), a famous TV
host, is reluctantly coaxed into going to his parents’ (Jones and Avery)
fiftieth wedding anniversary weekend.
What can I say? This is unbearable. What horrible people. This is so not funny, it’s just mean. According to some, this has an undertone of seriousness and a message of the importance of family values. With family values like these I would choose to be an orphan. If it had been made as a serious drama with some humour it could have been good. As it is, it’s rubbish. It’s so painful to watch that I can’t stop watching it and for that it gets
1 * of 5
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