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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) 5.3
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5.3/10 from 10,296 users
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Reviews: 39 user | 76 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love intrest Lucinda Allen. Director:Malcolm D. LeeWriter:Malcolm D. Lee |
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| James Earl Jones | ... | ||
| Margaret Avery | ... | ||
| Joy Bryant | ... | ||
| Cedric the Entertainer | ... |
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| Nicole Ari Parker | ... | ||
| Michael Clarke Duncan | ... | ||
| Mike Epps | ... | ||
| Mo'Nique | ... | ||
| Damani Roberts | ... | ||
| Brooke Lyons | ... | ||
| Liz Mikel | ... | ||
| Carol Sutton | ... | ||
| Deetta West | ... | ||
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Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love intrest Lucinda Allen.
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talk show host | african american protagonist | comma in title | name in title | four word title |Taglines:
Going home is no vacation.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some drug references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 February 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Better Man See more »Filming Locations:
Centenary College - 2911 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$16,207,730 (USA) (8 February 2008)Gross:
£40,380 (UK) (30 May 2008)Company Credits
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Otis: ...on time!
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Written by Fatin Dantzler, Aja Graydon Dantzler, Ivan Dupee, Richard Patterson
Performed by Kindred the Family Soul
Courtesy of Hidden Beach Recordings, LLC
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According to Louis C.K. on the DVD commentary of Louie (2010), his part in this film was originally much larger. But his performance was so bad that most of his scenes were deleted. See more »Goofs
(at around 50 mins) A cast member goes sneaking into the shower where a female is showering. She asks him for the "feminine wash" and he never ever hands it to her, but in the last shot of her holding up the shower curtain she has a can of something in her left hand, even though she never takes her hands off of the curtains the whole time. See more »Quotes
Reggie: [Admiring the pork ribs he's just barbecued] See this swine? It's fine, divine, sublime, and right...Otis: ...on time!
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Roscoe interviews members of his family over the credits. See more »Soundtracks
Meant to BeWritten by Fatin Dantzler, Aja Graydon Dantzler, Ivan Dupee, Richard Patterson
Performed by Kindred the Family Soul
Courtesy of Hidden Beach Recordings, LLC
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Roscoe Jenkins has taken the name "RJ Stevens" and become a self-help guru with a book and talk show based on the premise "the team of me". He heads home accompanies by his self-absorbed fiancée, Bianca, who has the idea that they should record RJ's parent's 50th anniversary celebration.
At home, RJ's family does not treat him as the important semi-celebrity he is in LA but as the child who could never defeat his cousin Clyde in any competition and as the boy still under his parents' dominion at home. Roscoe's relatives played by James Earl Jones. Margaret Avery, Cedric the Entertainer, Mo'nique and Michael Clarke Duncan are all funny and good at puncturing the bubble of Roscoe's believed importance. Eventually Roscoe learns some important lessons about the importance of family and remaining connected to them and becomes the man his father has always wanted him to be. This is a decent, somewhat funny movie so it gets a grade of C+ and a moderate recommendation.