Kingdom Come (2001 film)

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Kingdom Come
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Doug McHenry
Written by David Dean Bottrell
Jessie Jones
Produced by Edward Bates
John Morrissey
Starring LL Cool J
Jada Pinkett Smith
Vivica A. Fox
Loretta Devine
Anthony Anderson
Whoopi Goldberg
Toni Braxton
Darius McCrary
Cinematography Francis Kenny
Edited by Richard Halsey
Music by Tyler Bates
John E. Rhone
Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 2001 (2001-04-11)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million
Box office$23.4 million [1]

Kingdom Come is a 2001 American comedy-drama film, written by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones, and directed by Doug McHenry. This film stars LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, and Darius McCrary.

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Plot

Kingdom Come is a story of a family called the Slocumbs, living out in the country, who must come together after the death of a family member, whom no one seems to remember with much fondness. It is based on the Off-Broadway play Dearly Departed.

First, there's Woodrow "Bud" Slocumb, the man in question, whose wife, Raynelle (Whoopi Goldberg), is pretty nonchalant about his death from a stroke. Then, there's Ray Bud (LL Cool J), a recovering alcoholic who has a problem with seeing his father dead because of their rocky relationship; his wife, Lucille (Vivica A. Fox), is a loving, devoted housewife who goes out of her way to make sure that everyone has everything they need, but can't have the one thing she wants out of life: a child. Next, Junior (Anthony Anderson) has blown all of his money on a failed invention, and his loud mouthed wife, Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith), is no help; she hits the roof after his infidelity and reminds him often that she could have been married to his rich lawyer cousin, who, it is later revealed, left his own wife Juanita (Toni Braxton). Then, there's Marguerite (Loretta Devine), a pious, overbearing mother who usually calls her wayward son, Royce (Darius McCrary), a "Demon Seed"; she fears that he will end up in jail like his brother, and the latter is an unemployed worker who is irritated by his mother's unsolicited and shrill advice on how to live his life.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in summer of 2000 in Ferndale, California.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 26% of 65 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "While it has its moments, Kingdom Come is marred by a script that's low on laughs and uneven in tone." [2] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 48 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [3]

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

References

  1. ↑ Kingdom Come at Box Office Mojo
  2. ↑ "Kingdom Come". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved June 16, 2025. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Kingdom Come". Metacritic . Retrieved June 16, 2025.
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