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Genre :

Comedy, Family

Release Date :

February 08, 2008

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Malcolm D. Lee

Starring :

Martin Lawrence, Mike Epps, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo'Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Louis C.K., Joy Bryant, James Earl Jones, Cedric the Entertainer

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

1.5 of 4

“..This is one of those your-roots-are-showing family circuses where just about everybody seems like a clown..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 4

“..oddly mean-spirited comedy..”
by Scott Bowles [USA Today]
1 of 4

“..Modestly budgeted and massively dumb..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
3.5 of 5

“..for anyone wondering where the well-made, expertly-acted comedy went to, Roscoe Jenkins is a "welcome" return for the cinematic form..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Chris Kaltenbach [Baltimore Sun]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Dezhda Mountz [E! Online]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Philip Marchand [Toronto Star]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [LA Daily News]

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