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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
After his parents request that he come home for their 50th wedding anniversary, the TV hosts takes that opportunity to show his parents he's all grown up. He heads back to his hometown with his 10-year-old son and diva bride-to-be. But things are not as planned in this family reunion.
11 December 1967, Woodlawn, Maryland, USA
8 November 1980, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
10 December 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 June 1996
11 September 1993, Topeka, Kansas, USA
18 October 1974, The Bronx, New York, USA
18 November 1970, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
19 July 1977, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
12 September 1967, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 April 1965, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
24 April 1964, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
26 August 1991, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
7 October 1970, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
12 August 1948, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
20 January 1944, Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
December 31, 2010
Good cast can't save stereotype-laden comedy.
March 04, 2008
For all the comedians, there just aren't enough jokes unless you are shooting for the revolting variety.
March 21, 2008
All this said, there's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery.
September 04, 2012
great performances that will have the audience thoroughly entertained.
July 22, 2008
Easily Lawrence's best starring role. But keep in mind that's only compared to his other movies.
February 08, 2008
There's little to distinguish this oddly mean-spirited comedy.
March 07, 2011
Like a lot of Hollywood filler, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins' mandate seems to be to entertain and satisfy as many people as possible by sticking to a tested and proven formula, the result of which is it does neither particularly well.
February 22, 2008
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.
February 08, 2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins reinforces the sense that movies are not about real life but about other movies.
February 08, 2008
Sometimes, with a film like this, one grabs for anything potentially redeeming. It doesn't happen here.
February 08, 2008
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.
February 11, 2008
This is a loud, stupid, cliché-riddled mess.
