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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   1,061 votes
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Director:
Doug McHenry
Writers (WGA):
David Dean Bottrell (play) &
Jessie Jones (play) ...
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Release Date:
11 April 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
They're not perfect, but they are family.
Plot:
A group of old family members bands together when a despicable family member thankfully expires. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
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User Comments:
Warm, wistful, human, laugh-out-loud funny movie about family, love, dreams more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

LL Cool J ... Ray Bud Slocumb

Jada Pinkett Smith ... Charisse Slocumb

Vivica A. Fox ... Lucille Slocumb

Loretta Devine ... Marguerite Slocumb

Anthony Anderson ... Junior Slocumb

Toni Braxton ... Juanita Slocumb

Cedric the Entertainer ... Rev. Beverly H. Hooker
Darius McCrary ... Royce Slocumb

Whoopi Goldberg ... Raynelle Slocumb
Richard Gant ... Clyde Kincade
Masasa Moyo ... Delightful Slocumb (as Masasa)
Dominic Hoffman ... Antoine Depew
Patrice Moncell ... Merline Depew

Clifton Davis ... Charles Winslow
Kellita Smith ... Bernice Talbert
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, language and sensuality.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #37945) | South Africa:10L (theatrical rating) | South Africa:PG (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Trivia:
Based on the play "Dearly Departed." more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The movie takes place in the southern town of Lula, but Ray Bud's "new" used pickup truck has California license plates. more
Quotes:
Ray Bud Slocumb: My daddy is wearing ballet shoes! more
Soundtrack:
Every Woman more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Warm, wistful, human, laugh-out-loud funny movie about family, love, dreams, 7 March 2005
8/10
Author: Eve Sander (eveneden@gol.com) from Tokyo, Japan

What a delightful movie! It's about family, and love, and dreams, and how we get along in this world -- especially with our nearest and not-always-dearest. It's warm and wistful and laugh-out-loud funny!

As for Goldberg's part, though promotions may have given her high billing, in fact her part is minuscule. But even if she'd been absent, this cast did more than enough to entertain.

LL Cool J did a fine job in the lead, only his name betraying his rap origins. He was joined by a host of other talented actors, including a favorite of mine, Loretta Devine, as a classic "momma." Another performance I particularly enjoyed was Cedric the Entertainer's role of the Reverend.

But everybody was good! Great ensemble acting -- _everyone_ was just right, including even the bit players, and they all blended into a very believable whole. The dialogue was witty, capturing exactly the character types, but down-to-earth without resorting to cheap crudity.

I kept thinking, "This would make an excellent play for community theater!" Great character types, great major roles, lots of smaller and non-speaking parts, easy to set. Then the credits showed that it had been adapted from David Dean Bottrell's play "Dearly Departed." It made me long to 'tread the boards' again -- join a great cast like that and take part in the play's warmth, truth and wry good humor.

The funeral of a hard-to-love father brings together his extended family, with their various relational wrinkles, all of which are plausibly solved by the end.

The story is kind, forgiving of human foibles, and in good taste throughout. The 'bathroom humor' mentioned in another review is a very light, one-time thing -- gas due to indigestion -- that is also a necessary plot device. I don't see how it could have been handled any better another way.

My satellite service will be showing this film all month, and I plan to watch it a couple more times. And beyond its humor, because of its warm heart and human hope I intend to buy the video.

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