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  • 2001
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2001
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

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)

Directed By: Doug McHenry

Written By: David Dean Bottrell, Jessie Jones

  • 2001
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2001
  • PG
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

Kingdom Come

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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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)

Directed By: Doug McHenry

Written By: David Dean Bottrell, Jessie Jones

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
48
35% Positive
9 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
48
35% Positive
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58% Mixed
15 Reviews
8% Negative
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80
This joyous film, which confronts pain, loss and transgression with love, wisdom and forgiveness amid inspired humor, has it all.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
70
Manages to be profound without being pompous.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
63
Strolls from high sentiment to low humor without a stumble, but without reaching any great depth or height.
By Sara Wildberger FULL REVIEW
50
The whole thing's as phony as a funeral oration from a pastor who never knew the deceased.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
42
What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
40
Not even Goldberg's near-flawless central performance can polish Kingdom Come beyond mere soap opera pap.
By Gemma Files FULL REVIEW
20
A succession of shrill overacting jobs.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.8
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5 Ratings
22% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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22% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bates Entertainment, The Turman-Morrissey Company
Release Date Apr 11, 2001
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline They're not perfect, but they are family.
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/kingdomcome/
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Awards

Image Awards (NAACP)
• 4 Nominations
BET Awards
• 2 Nominations
MovieGuide Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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