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83
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83
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83
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82
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82
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82
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82
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81
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81
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80
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80
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79
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78
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77
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74
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74
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74
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74
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70
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70
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70
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69
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69
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64
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54
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54
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52
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50
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48
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45
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42
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42
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40
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40
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38
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36
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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16
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Kingdom Come
Fox Searchlight Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG for thematic elements, language and sensuality
Starring
LL Cool J,
Jada Pinkett,
Vivica A. Fox,
Loretta Devine,
Anthony Anderson,
Toni Braxton,
and
Whoopi Goldberg
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. (Fox Searchlight)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
David Bottrell (also play Dearly Departed)
Jessie Jones (also play Dearly Departed)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Doug McHenry
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 25, 2001
Video: September 25, 2001
Theatrical: April 11, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
92 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
This joyous film, which confronts pain, loss and transgression with love, wisdom and forgiveness amid inspired humor, has it all.

75
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Modest, tasty, and it goes down easy, like home cooking.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
In the end, it's simple warmth and sincerity that make this ensemble piece so disarming.
70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Manages to be profound without being pompous.

70
New Times (L.A.)
Luke Y. Thompson
Everything leading up to the finale is funny and often heartfelt.

63
Miami Herald
Sara Wildberger
Strolls from high sentiment to low humor without a stumble, but without reaching any great depth or height.
63
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
A hit and miss proposition, with an abundance of laughs and emotional highlights to help brighten the dimly lit corners of cliche-mongering.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
More a grab-bag of loosely connected scenes and lives than a film with a firm sense of direction.
60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
You are left with the feeling that its excesses notwithstanding, it knows its chosen terrain.

60
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
You're hard-pressed to dislike the film.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Cranks up the hysteria to screechy sitcom levels.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The whole thing's as phony as a funeral oration from a pastor who never knew the deceased.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The cartoonish characters and outsize performances don't make a smooth transition from stage to screen.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It might work on video for viewers who glance up at the screen from time to time. The more attention you pay to it, the less it's there.

50
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
Uneven but generally well-acted.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
It's reduced to glorified refereeing of family squabbles discomfortingly magnified by his frequent use of close-ups.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen.

41
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
The characters and their dilemmas are never convincing.

40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Satisfying in small ways.

40
Village Voice
Edward Crouse
Demands high tolerance for low comedy.

40
Film.com
Gemma Files
Not even Goldberg's near-flawless central performance can polish Kingdom Come beyond mere soap opera pap.

40
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
So many stars means so little room for character and plot.

40
TV Guide
Stephen Miller
Chanteuse Toni Braxton, making her feature film debut as Juanita, a snobbish Slocumb relative, delivers a scene-stealing turn.

25
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The characters are tired stereotypes, the sentimentality nauseating and the situation comedy way below the standards of the very worst WB or UPN shows.
20
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
A succession of shrill overacting jobs.


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