Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a 2008 Comedy film written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film features an all star cast featuring: Martin Lawrence, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Cedric the Entertainer and James Earl Jones.
Plot
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 reality TV series Survivor winner (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
Box Office
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 $43,364,610 as of July 25 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.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.[2]
DVD Release
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc June 17, 2008 and in the UK 30 May 2008.[3]
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