Synopsis
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
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Cast
- LL Cool JRay Bud Slocumb
- Jada Pinkett SmithCharisse Slocumb
- Vivica A. FoxLucille Slocumb
- Loretta DevineMarguerite Slocumb
- Anthony AndersonJunior Slocumb
- Cedric the EntertainerRev. Hooker
- Toni BraxtonJuanita Slocumb
- Darius McCraryRoyce Slocumb
- Whoopi GoldbergRaynelle Slocumb
- Richard GantClyde Kincade
Recommendations
- 75
Baltimore Sun
Modest, tasty, and it goes down easy, like home cooking. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
Everything leading up to the finale is funny and often heartfelt. - 63
Miami Herald
Strolls from high sentiment to low humor without a stumble, but without reaching any great depth or height. - 63
Chicago Tribune
A hit and miss proposition, with an abundance of laughs and emotional highlights to help brighten the dimly lit corners of cliche-mongering. - 60
Washington Post
You're hard-pressed to dislike the film. - 50
USA Today
It's reduced to glorified refereeing of family squabbles discomfortingly magnified by his frequent use of close-ups. - 40
Chicago Reader
Satisfying in small ways.
