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Storyline
Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.
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Going home is no vacation.
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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some drug references
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Details
Release Date:
8 February 2008 (USA)
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Also Known As:
The Better Man
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Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$16,207,730,
10 February 2008, Wide Release
Gross USA:
$42,436,517, 3 April 2008
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$43,650,785
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
During the softball game, Clyde is pitching and tells his defense to sit down. He is wearing a Satchel Paige replica jersey; Paige was also famous for having his defense sit down while he was pitching.
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Goofs
In the celebration party scene Roscoe mentions that he and his fiancé are vegan, but in the scene shortly after, of them in the kitchen, Bianca is seen cutting up cheese, which is not part of a vegan diet.
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Quotes
Otis:
The Black Paris Hilton done sissified you off the swine, that's what's up.
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Crazy Credits
Roscoe interviews members of his family over the credits.
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Connections
References
Barbershop (2005)
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The River
Written by
Balewa Muhammad, Frank Oliphant, Arama Brown, Noel Gourdin, Gerald Raeford,
Luther Lynch
Performed by Noel Gourdin
Courtesy of Trakaddix Entertainment LLC and Epic Records
Contains elements from "How Do You Feel the Morning After"
Performed by
Millie Jackson
Courtesy of Ace Records Ltd.
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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User Reviews
African American family values movies have matured into a distinct and popular genre and, Martin Lawrence traverses familiar territory with this awkwardly-titled movie.
He plays RJ Stevens, a big city motivational guru who has taken the concept of "self-help" too far, leaving him somewhat estranged from his family in the Deep South.
In an inelegant plot device, his parents' 50th anniversary serves as an exploitable marketing opportunity sufficiently enticing to lure him back to his hometown.
From there, things unfold fairly formulaicly to RJ's rekindling of his true identity, Roscoe Steven Jenkins.
Although Lawrence is the lead around whom the story revolves, it does feel slightly like an ensemble piece. But fortunately the cast is competent and believable, even those fulfilling comic relief roles.
So as an illustration of good ol' hometown values like "always be true to yourself", "the importance of family", and the "power of forgiveness", it's a good choice for family night viewing, if you can find a way around Mo'Nique's apparent inability to avoid the B-word.