Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (Blu-ray)
Roscoe Jenkins aims for the heartstrings and funny bones, a raucous helping of family soul food.
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 18, 2020
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Martin Lawrence | |
Performer: | Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Cedric the Entertainer & James Earl Jones | |
Directed by | Malcolm D. Lee | |
Screenwriting by | Malcolm D. Lee | |
Composition by | David Newman | |
Produced by | Scott Stuber, Mary Parent & Charles Castaldi | |
Director of Photography: | Greg Gardiner | |
Executive Production by | Malcolm D. Lee, Gary Barber & Roger Birnbaum |
Entertainment Reviews:
All this said, there's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery.
PopMatters
Rating: B- --
Although Roscoe Jenkins doesn't pretend to break new ground, it makes its "honor your past" tale fresh and funny.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rating: 7.5/10 --
great performances that will have the audience thoroughly entertained.
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Lyles' Movie Files
Rating: 1.5/4 --
There's little to distinguish this oddly mean-spirited comedy.
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USA Today
Rating: 2/5 --
Good cast can't save stereotype-laden comedy.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins reinforces the sense that movies are not about real life but about other movies.
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Toronto Star
Rating: 1/4 --
Actors such as Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer have been persuaded by writer-director Malcolm D. Lee to do crass routines that should have gone out with minstrel shows.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
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.
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- Sales Rank: 49,818
- UPC: 191329145197
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