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Mood:
- HumorousFeel Good
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Plot:
- IntrospectionParents and ChildrenSiblings RelationsHomecomingAmbitionFamily RelationsNothing Goes RightCouple Relations more...
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Genres:
- Comedy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USASmall Town
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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- Drugs/AlcoholProfanitySexual Content
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, 2008
English
USA
Profile of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins can be described as humorous and feel good. The plot revolves around homecoming, introspection, and sibling relations. The main genre is comedy. In approach, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in the USA. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a date night. Note that it involves drugs/alcohol, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence (BAD BOYS, BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE) aims for the heartstrings and funny bones in WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS, a raucous helping of family soul food. Lawrence plays R.J. Stevens (in truth, Roscoe Steven Jenkins), a Hollywood self-help sensation whose fame has netted him a reality television star fiancée (Joy Bryant) while simultaneously alienating his young son. Having been away from his family for nine years, prodigal son R.J. returns to Georgia to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of his parents (James Earl Jones and Margaret Avery). Upon his arrival, R.J. is given a rude awakening by his none-too-impressed siblings (Mike Epps, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Mo'Nique). R.J. must also contend with his ultra-competitive cousin Clyde (Cedric the Entertainer), the family's presumptive "golden boy" and a long-time rival who stole the affections of R.J.'s childhood sweetheart, Lucinda (Nicole Ari Parker). As the celebration weekend rolls on, R.J.'s craving for his father's respect and an inflated sense of self threaten family harmony and his opportunity to reconnect with Lucinda, and--worst of all--his relationship with his own son. Lawrence makes Roscoe a genuinely sympathetic foil to the comedic antics of Mo'Nique and Epps, both of whom are given room to riff by director Malcom D. Lee (UNDERCOVER BROTHER, ROLL BOUNCE). Frequently bawdy but thoroughly entertaining, WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS is also a warmhearted reminder that you are where you come from, and that when searching for yourself no one can put you straight better than a loving family.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 8 February 2008 |
| Runtime: | 114 min |
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as R.J.
as Mama Jenkins
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