- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Apr 11, 2001
- Starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, LL Cool J
- Summary: 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)
- Director: Doug McHenry
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 26
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Mixed: 15 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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80This joyous film, which confronts pain, loss and transgression with love, wisdom and forgiveness amid inspired humor, has it all.
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60You're hard-pressed to dislike the film.
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60You are left with the feeling that its excesses notwithstanding, it knows its chosen terrain.
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25The characters are tired stereotypes, the sentimentality nauseating and the situation comedy way below the standards of the very worst WB or UPN shows.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4