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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 09/25/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 5 Genres: Comedy Drama, Domestic Comedy

Based on the play Dearly Departed by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones (who also penned this screenplay), this new comedy from the director of Jason's Lyric looks at a family gathering after one of their clan dies of a stroke. In the midst of a sweltering summer, the Slocumb family convenes. They include Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith), the long-suffering, frustrated wife of philandering Junior (Anthony Anderson); there's also the Bible-spouting Marguerite (Loretta Devine), who prays to save her hard-living son Royce (Darius McCrary) from a life on welfare. Lucille (Vivica A. Fox) is the devoted family peacekeeper who is struggling with a money-grubbing funeral director, and her husband Ray Bud (L.L. Cool J) has major contempt for his family and wishes he were burying them instead. Kingdom Come also features Cedric the Entertainer as an intestinally challenged reverend and Whoopi Goldberg as the family matriarch. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

LL Cool J - Ray Bud Slocumb
Jada Pinkett Smith - Charisse Slocumb
Vivica A. Fox - Lucille Slocumb
Loretta Devine - Marguerite
Anthony Anderson - Junior Slocumb
Whoopi Goldberg - Raynelle Slocumb

A small, little-seen comedy from 20th Century Fox, Kingdom Come should find a new audience on DVD thanks to this pleasant edition. The picture is excellent, presented in an anamorphic widescreen format with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The sound is a clear Dolby Surround 5.1 transfer. As for extras, viewers get a commentary from director Doug McHenry, a promotional featurette, a music video, and a bevy of trailers and TV spots. Kingdom Come is a pleasant little comedy that's worth seeking out. This DVD edition makes it even more so. ~ Jeremy Brown, All Movie Guide