Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (82 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (189,630 ratings)

A single father who has just found success as the host of an outrageous television talk show begins to question his path in life when he returns home to attend his parents' 50th wedding anniversary party in the company of his famous fiancée -- a reality television star -- in this… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Malcolm D. Lee
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 8, 2008 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Actors such as Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer have been persuaded by writer-director Malcolm D. Lee to do crass routines that should have gone out with minstrel shows.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    This is a loud, stupid, cliché-riddled mess.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    A talented comedian, Lawrence has leaned all too easily on formula for his successful films. Imagine if he would test his flair against original and fresh premises, instead of the tried and trite.

  • Scott Bowles, USA Today

    There's little to distinguish this oddly mean-spirited comedy.

  • Philip Marchand, Toronto Star

    Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins reinforces the sense that movies are not about real life but about other movies.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    Going home is no vacation. The movie is funny and it's a nice family film. The story was nice and simple. Nice cast of actors and all were in sync which was a plus. Good movie to watch on TV or Rent. A single father who has just found success as the host of an outrageous… More

  • Nicki M


    Predictable. Guy wearing white suit drinking beetroot juice. Hmmm..wonder what might happen. Don't even start me on the "evil" girlfriemd. (We know she's evil because she doesn't want to "ruin" her figure having kids, and doesn't enjoy being… More

  • Ginny  


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  • Dean M


    Martin Lawrence is brilliant and bloody hilarious in this sensational funniest film of the black family. Great cast including the legendary James Earl Jones and the beautiful Nicole Ari Parker, but nobody's quite as good, or as funny as Martin Lawrence himself. But I dislike… More

  • Bruce B


    Sorry to say very dissapointing, And Pay$9.00 to see it. Oh man its a wait till the $1.50 theather has it.

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