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Dirty Laundry
Codeblack Entertainment

Dirty Laundry reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 48 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
5.6 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language, some sexual content and thematic elements

Starring Rockmond Dunbar, Loretta Devine, Jenifer Lewis, Terri J. Vaughn, Maurice Jamal, Sommore, Joey Costello, and Alec Mapa

Dirty Laundry is a serious comedy about family drama. A modern-day prodigal son story with a twist, the film follows a traditional southern family dealing with the return of the prodigal son Patrick, a successful Manhattan writer who suddenly left home and never looked back. After 10 years, Patrick has returned to discover a secret that could rock his seemingly "perfect" world. In the center of the conflict is his hard-edged mother Evelyn, whose own story holds as much drama and secrecy as her son's. (Codeblack Entertainment)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Maurice Jamal  
DIRECTED BY: Maurice Jamal  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 12, 2008 
Theatrical: December 7, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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63
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Looking for plot holes? You can't miss them. But if you go in hoping for a good time, you'll find that, too.
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60
Variety Robert Koehler
Taking control of what would otherwise be a trite and preachy fable about the need for African American families to accept their gay brethren, Devine builds a jolly and touching character from the stock figure of a Georgia mom coming to terms with her disaffected gay son.
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50
The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber
A comedy-drama with alarming similarities to a relic from 1976, "Norman, Is That You?" In that film, Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey were parents shocked to discover that their son was gay and living with a white lover. That's basically the same gimmick in this new film from writer-director Maurice Jamal.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Jamal's comedy of family dysfunction is essentially a sitcom episode writ large; it's not subtle, but it's good-natured and hits its marks with ruthless efficiency.
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50
New York Post Kyle Smith
The tone is good-natured enough to make a simple movie semi-watchable.
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50
The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz
Mr. Jamal’s direction ranges from clumsy to competent, and the film’s overwhelming desire to be loved blunts any edge it might have had.
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50
Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein
Overwritten and under-directed by Maurice Jamal, the movie contains several honest moments but remains too awash in clichés and stereotypes to take seriously.
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40
LA Weekly Julia Wallace
Cheesy crockpot of a film.
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