Kingdom Come (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Doug McHenry |
| Produced by |
Edward Bates John Morrissey |
| Written by |
David Dean Bottrell Jessie Jones |
| Starring |
LL Cool J Jada Pinkett Smith Vivica A. Fox Anthony Anderson Toni Braxton Loretta Devine Whoopi Goldberg Cedric The Entertainer |
| Music by |
Tyler Bates John E. Rhone |
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
| Edited by | Richard Halsey |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million |
| Box office | $23,396,049 |
Kingdom Come is a 2001 comedy-drama film, written by David 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 and Whoopi Goldberg.
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 mom who usually calls her 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.
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