A mediocre sitcom writ large.
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04/12/01
Kingdom Come (2001)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:18
Rotten:45
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: While it has its moments, Kingdom Come is marred by a script that's low on laughs and uneven in tone.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Whoopi Goldberg stars in KINGDOM COME as matriarch Raynelle Slocumb, whose mean-spirited husband, Ray Bud, unexpectedly falls down dead at the breakfast table in this touching and irreverent comedy... [More]
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Toni Braxton, LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith
Director: Doug McHenry
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03/10/03
With its universal themes, Kingdom Come offers a great deal to enjoy, from its stellar cast to its entertaining screenplay
05/06/01
The script and plot become far too predictable -- to the point that the audience knows exactly where it's going to go and reluctantly follows it.
04/12/01
Kingdom Come makes it on heart, not flash.
04/11/01
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03/24/02
It is difficult to find anything interesting about the onscreen bickering and distress concerning repeatedly harped-upon issues.
04/13/01
An ill-conceived series of vignettes in which no cliché remains unexplored, phony pathos drowns the ending and the characters are black Southern stereotypes.
04/11/01
Kingdom Come has passably funny moments, but they don't connect; it might work on video for viewers who glance up at the screen from time to time. The more attention you pay to it, the less it's there.
04/11/01
Top CriticA hit and miss proposition, with an abundance of laughs and emotional highlights to help brighten the dimly lit corners of cliche-mongering.
04/11/01
The script, like the direction by Doug McHenry, relies too heavily for comic effect on broad comic contrivances and high-volume arguments.
10/15/02
Uses broad humor and over-the-top characters to hammer its feel-good message home.
04/11/01
If you're looking for a story that doesn't manipulate you every step of the way, you'll have to wait until you know what.
04/10/01
Another sad example of a seemingly can't-miss movie that somehow misses the mark -- and rather badly.
04/11/01
While Kingdom Come follows the formula for comic combustibility, it's even more inert than Bud, who at least comes to life for a brief fantasy sequence.
04/13/01
There's not much this gifted cast can do with the Bottrell-Jones script.
04/11/01
Not that there's anything terribly wrong with director Doug McHenry's vision of this dysfunctional group, it's just that there's nothing terribly right about it, either.
04/11/01
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04/19/01
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04/23/01
The structure and style are a staple of many traveling black stage shows ... What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen.
04/12/01
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