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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Comedy · Drama · Family · 2008

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Movie details

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

“Roscoe Jenkins aims for the heartstrings and funny bones, a raucous helping of family soul food.”

2008 Comedy · Drama · Family 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.5 / 10

16.4K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

23 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

46 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Malcolm D. Lee

Written by

Malcolm D. Lee

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence

Roscoe Jenkins

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Papa Jenkins

Margaret Avery

Margaret Avery

Mamma Jenkins

Joy Bryant

Joy Bryant

Bianca Kittles

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer

Clyde Stubb

Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Lucinda Allen

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan

Sheriff Otis Jenkins

Court is in session

Put Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.