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Kingdom Come
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Kingdom Come reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 48 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.5 out of 10
based on 26 reviews
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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 

What The Critics Said

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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.
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75
Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Modest, tasty, and it goes down easy, like home cooking.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
Most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in.
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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.
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70
New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson
Everything leading up to the finale is funny and often heartfelt.
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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.
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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.
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60
Washington Post Desson Thomson
You're hard-pressed to dislike the film.
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58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Cranks up the hysteria to screechy sitcom levels.
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50
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
The whole thing's as phony as a funeral oration from a pastor who never knew the deceased.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The cartoonish characters and outsize performances don't make a smooth transition from stage to screen.
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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.
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50
Variety Lael Loewenstein
Uneven but generally well-acted.
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50
USA Today Mike Clark
It's reduced to glorified refereeing of family squabbles discomfortingly magnified by his frequent use of close-ups.
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42
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen.
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41
Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
The characters and their dilemmas are never convincing.
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40
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Satisfying in small ways.
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40
Village Voice Edward Crouse
Demands high tolerance for low comedy.
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40
Film.com Gemma Files
Not even Goldberg's near-flawless central performance can polish Kingdom Come beyond mere soap opera pap.
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40
LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
So many stars means so little room for character and plot.
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40
TV Guide Stephen Miller
Chanteuse Toni Braxton, making her feature film debut as Juanita, a snobbish Slocumb relative, delivers a scene-stealing turn.
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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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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Miranda S. gave it a 9:
It was very intesteresting and exciting, I loved the concept it was very refreshing.

Kasey C. gave it a 10:
I thought the movie was the bomb, its was and sad at the same time and my boy LL was awesome.

Alexis B. gave it a 10:
Kingdom come was a real good movie. I liked it a lot. my girl vivica was in it and jada.

Boo T. gave it a 4:
It wasn't what I expected it to be.

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