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Plot

Based on the play Dearly Departed by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones (who also penned this screenplay), this new comedy from the director of Jason's Lyric looks at a family gathering after one of their clan dies of a stroke. In the midst of a sweltering summer, the Slocumb family convenes. They include Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith), the long-suffering, frustrated wife of philandering Junior (Anthony Anderson); there's also the Bible-spouting Marguerite (Loretta Devine), who prays to save her hard-living son Royce (Darius McCrary) from a life on welfare. Lucille (Vivica A. Fox) is the devoted family peacekeeper who is struggling with a money-grubbing funeral director, and her husband Ray Bud (L.L. Cool J) has major contempt for his family and wishes he were burying them instead. Kingdom Come also features Cedric the Entertainer as an intestinally challenged reverend and Whoopi Goldberg as the family matriarch.
MPAA Rating:
PG for thematic elements, language and sensuality.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
94min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/11/2001
DVD Release Date:
09/25/2001
Distributor(s):
Fox
Director(s):
Doug McHenry
Starring:
LL Cool J , Jada Pinkett Smith , Vivica A. Fox , Loretta Devine , Anthony Anderson
Themes:
Eccentric Families,Family Gatherings
Tone:
Sweet,Affectionate,Goofy,Humorous,Quirky,Warm
Keywords:
death-in-family,family-tragedy,funeral,matriarch,widow/widower
Country of Origin:
USA (04-11-2001)
Language:
English