Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

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name = Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins


director = Malcolm D. Lee
producer = Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Charles Castaldi| writer
starring = Martin Lawrence
Margaret Avery
Joy Bryant
Michael Clarke Duncan
Mike Epps
Mo'Nique
Nicole Ari Parker
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Cedric the Entertainer
and James Earl Jones
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distributor = Universal Pictures
released = February 8, 2008
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country = United States
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0494652

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a 2008 comedy-drama film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film stars Martin Lawrence, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Cedric the Entertainer and James Earl Jones.

Synopsis

Martin Lawrence stars as talk-show sensation Dr. RJ Stevens, who has shirked his simple Southern past and the awkward boy he used to be to dispense “you can do it” advice to millions of adoring fans. With a reality-series survivor winner star (Joy Bryant) on his arm and loads of cash in his pocket, there’s nothing he feels he hasn’t achieved.

When his parents request that he come home for their 50th wedding anniversary, RJ packs up his 10-year-old son and his fiancée and heads back to his sleepy Southern hometown. Ready to impress his down home kin with how much he’s changed, RJ will prove he’s not the walking disaster they used to pick on. At least, that’s the plan…

But as his crazy, lovable family reminds RJ of the kid he once was and the egotistical adult he has become, this superstar will take a hard look at the life he is living. Roscoe Junior might’ve felt teased, second-best and laughed at as a child, but the love from home could be turning Dr. RJ into The Better Man.

As RJ Stevens stayed with his family, he realized why he left and also why he grew so far apart from them. But after a while, he also realized the mistakes he made of letting other people get the better of him, meaning he let others bring his spirits down as a child because he, as well as others, were competitive and RJ hated losing.

Now that RJ realizes what his family means to him, he feels he should not have left them in the first place, because he sees that money and being famous do not lead to happiness.

The movie was filmed in Minden, Louisiana located 28 miles from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Cast

*Martin Lawrence - Dr. RJ Stevens/Roscoe Steven Jenkins, Jr.
*James Earl Jones - Roscoe Steven "Papa" Jenkins, Sr.
*Margaret Avery - Mama Jenkins
*Joy Bryant - Bianca Kittles
*Cedric the Entertainer - Cousin Clyde
*Nicole Ari Parker - Lucinda
*Michael Clarke Duncan - Otis Jenkins
*Mike Epps - Reggie Jenkins
*Mo'Nique - Betty Jenkins
*Liz Mikel - Ruthie Jenkins
*Brooke Lyons - Amy
*Samantha R. Smith- Young Lucinda

Box Office Performance

The movie was released on February 8, 2008 and grossed $16.2m in its opening weekend. Produced at a budget of US$35 million , the movie has an international total of $43,364,610m as of July 25th 2008

Critical reception

The film received negative to mixed reviews from critics. As of February 19, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 24% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 78 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/welcome_home_roscoe_jenkins/ |title=Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-02-08 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 22 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/roscoejenkins |title=Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-02-08 |publisher=Metacritic]

DVD Release

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc June 17, 2008 andin the UK 30th May 2008. [ [http://www.theblackspotlight.com/news/Welcome_Home_Roscoe_Jenkins.html Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins On DVD] ]

Trivia

*Reggie calls Roscoe "Last King Of Scotland", because of his mixed color outfit.
*The song The River is used for the film. Along with "We're Family by R&B singer Joe.
*The Airport in the film is the Shreveport Regional Airport, and the hanger in the background is an active hanger where Expressjet currently operates 4 C-Check lines. The road they drive on actually leads to the hanger, not to the airport.

Video On Demand

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is available on Video on Demand July 16, 2008 until October 31, 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.welcomehomeroscoejenkins.com Official site]
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*metacritic film|id=roscoejenkins|title=Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
*mojo title|id=roscoejenkins|title=Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
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