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  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary 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 tha...

Directed By: Maurice Jamal

Written By: Maurice Jamal

  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Codeblack Entertainment
  • 1 h 40 m

Dirty Laundry

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 tha...

Directed By: Maurice Jamal

Written By: Maurice Jamal

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88% Mixed
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63
Looking for plot holes? You can't miss them. But if you go in hoping for a good time, you'll find that, too.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
50
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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50
The tone is good-natured enough to make a simple movie semi-watchable.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
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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Cheesy crockpot of a film.
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Production Company MoJAM Entertainment, iN-Hale Entertainment, Brandino Catering, Dirty Laundry Film, MoJam/Storm Entertainment
Release Date Dec 7, 2007
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards

GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination

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