This is one of my 13-year-old daughter's favorite movies. I found it entertaining, albeit a little over the top (Jada Pinkett Smith's character).

The movie begins with "death" [of actress Whoopi Goldberg's husband ] , and is its entire theme:and is about all types of situations that can happen "when chaotic clan reunite" or are confined in close spaces with one another for more time than just a "do drop by" ;it softens for the fiction at least the reason they're there "to pay their last repects"..Its fine cast lead by actor/comedian Anthony Anderson make it believable,and even in its taudy way(poignant)& a little humorous and the decision of actress Loretta Devine's son to quit being a "prodical son" and to have verses from the prophet "Isaiah" be replaced with verses from "Psalms" adds to the "subdued scenes" near the end of the movie "Kingdom Come",which concludes with an epilogue of "still life" photos with comments just before the movie credits are shown.

I'm majoring in child and family development and stumbled across this movie at 2 in the morning. I had never heard of the movie, but laughed myself silly. I could write an 8 page paper over the dysfunctions and strengths of this family! This cast consists of many well known individuals. My favorite part had to have been when the Rev. coped with the after effects of his dinner from the previous evening while performing the funeral. Much of the this movie reminded me of Nutty Professor with so much chaos in that family. For our family, this is one that we'll purchase on DVD and watch time and time again!

It is a simple, fairly clean comedy. I enjoy movies that I can let all of my children watch without hoping that the language and sexual content is accurately rated.

LL, Jada, Fox and Goldberg are good, not great, but good in this family reunion 'Dramedy' (Drama+Comedy), when a family member dies, the whole family reunite, each with a story to unfold and unfinished business to be taken care of. This movie is ok in my book, had no bad parts and the cast is great, so if you like poignient dramas, it don't get any better than Kingdom Come.

This movie sucks and thats all I can say. What a waste of some precious hours of my life that I can't get back.

I wouldn't even rate it cos 1 star is rather generous.

I have to start off by saying who ever cast this movie did an excellent job. Who ever wrote the script did a very poor job. The story line was no where as great as the casting was. The story line was very corny,repetitive, and many times boring. I was so glad when the movie was over. I think the movie could have been a whole lot better but it wasn't just awful. In case you are thinking about buying this movie, DON'T.

In "The Wood" "Get On The Bus" and "Soul Food" the filmmakers was able to balance the comedy with the drama but in "Kingdom Come" nuthin works...

One second there is a dramatic reminiscing about the death of an unborn child and in the next Jada Pinkett starts screaming and tries to be funny (which she definitly is not)...
I like Jada Pinket in "Set It Off" and in "Jason's Lyric" but u find yourself wanting to strangle her character in this movie...

Not even LL COOL J, Vivica A Fox or Whoopie Goldberg can save this movie from being a disaster...

When making this movie they should have chosen either to make a comedy or a drama.

The movie is kind of like a 90 minute commercial for the church mixed with Drama and strangled comedy.

Whoopie Goldberg, LL Cool J, Loretta Devine and Jada Pinkett - Smith star in this overlooked little comic gem of a movie. The supporting cast, including Cedric the Entertainer, are also on hand to bring to life a funny farce on death and dying, dysfunction and survival. Admittedly, perhaps a few of the plot devices may be trite, but it's very rare for a movie not to have a few over used plots or farcial moments. This movie is all about family surviving family and life and trying to rise above whatever life has in store - be it fate or human blunder. Goldberg plays Mama Rae, a stoic and strong woman, who does know her own mind. When her husband drops dead at the breakfast table, she continues on - with an assortment of family members and friends who are coming home to " help " her. The always amazing Loretta Devine, the bombastic, morally and religiously effusive, bounds onto the screen and doesn't stop chewing the scenery throughout her turn as Aunt Marguerite - the long suffering sister of the recently departed Bud and the mother of two lowdown sons, who try her patience at every turn. LL Cool J is the eldest son of Mama Rae and Bud, who battles his own demons, but seems to bring stability to a very fractured family. Pinkett - Smith is the one person that every family seems to have - The Drama Queen and the Eternal Victim. The rest of the cast deserves to be singled out, but time and space is limited. The bottomline is - this is a movie that can make you laugh - even if you stop laughing and think - " this reminds me of someone in MY family. " It ain't brain surgery, folks and not all movies have to be or even should be. A nice clue, watch the credit roll - the photos seem to tie up the stories in the movie.

This movie is shown pretty often on cable. But it's a movie that doesn't get too tiring to see. LL's character is trying to keep the family together as the head of the household has died. Dealing with his own personal demons, he wants his father to be remembered. The mother, played by Whoopi Goldberg, has managed to remain calm throughout the whole entire movie. The overweight sister, never has anything to say. She is rather eating and admiring a man from afar. The younger brother has an affair outside of the marriage which has his wife, played by Jada Pinkett Smith in an uproar, causing her to break down and cry. Loretta Devine's performance as the spiritual aunt stole the movie. She did a good job playing a bible-toting woman who kept her head up high through the bad times and good. This is an enjoyable movie to watch and strongly recommended.

MAN U CANT HELP BUT TO LOVE THIS MOVIE. ITS FUNNY AS I DONT KNOW WHAT.ITS NOT ONE PART THAT U DONT LAUGH OFF OF. THEY WHOLE FAMILY IS A HOT A MESS AND THEIR ALWAYS TRIPPING. IF U HAVENT SEEN IT THEN U SHOULD, U DONT KNOW WHAT UR MISSING.

This is the film you want, if you want a good laugh.

This is a great movie. It's one of my all time favorites. It is so wonderful. After you are done watching it, it leaves you with an awesome feeling! This movie's about three generations of family that come together for a family members death. This movie is very funny and the music is FANTASTIC. I definately recomend this movie to you!

... about a family, the Slocumbs, that gathers for the funeral of its patriarch, Bud, about whom his widow (Whoopi Goldberg), asked by a minister to share happy memories, can only muster the words "He was mean, and right surly." Whoopi's character is as cool as the Buddha, except for one outburst of wrath at her bickering children.

LL Cool J plays the son of the deceased, Ray Bud, a hard-working auto mechanic; he contends manfully against alcoholism and a short fuse, while his wife Lucille (Vivica A. Fox) is a supremely sweet-tempered woman, unable to conceive a child.

Another son of the deceased is Junior (played by Anthony Anderson), who has lost all his money on an unwise business venture, and whose perpetually carping and combative wife Charisse (Jada Pinkett Smith) has just discovered another woman's earring in the family car. She is ... not pleased. They have, in addition to their financial and marital woes, a trio of untamable children.

There is a daughter named Delightful (played by an actress named Masasa). She does not speak a single word from opening frame to closing credit, but steals just about every scene that she's in.

The American treasure Loretta Devine (Dreamgirls, Waiting to Exhale, Boston Public, Funny Valentines) plays Aunt Marguerite, a born-again Christian widow, whose son Royce (Darius McCrary of Family Matters) is a feckless party-animal collecting an unemployment check. Aunt Marguerite gives new meaning to the word "Bible-thumper," as she is often seen whacking her son on the head with a copy of the Good Book, and calling him a demon.

And then there is the minister, a good-hearted soul (Cedric the Entertainer), prone to platitudes delivered lispingly, ample of appetite, and sometimes dyspeptic. As Whoopi describes her late husband in unflattering terms, we hear the minister huskily sigh and see him reach for his antacid.

I found this to be an enjoyable and ultimately uplifting film. Not always subtle, no deep message (unless it's the minister's "What is yesterday but the tomorrow we thought we could not face the day before?"), but heartwarming, and an ode in praise of the cohesion of family with all its flaws and follies and foibles. Also, a message of trust in God, highlighted by some hip-hop gospel on the soundtrack by Kirk Franklin and company.

But mostly, I found it funny. And find it funny, after having seen it several times.

I thought this film was so bad that I wanted to spray my VCR with Lysol when it was over! YECCH! This "comedy" deals with a very unlikeable and unappealing family's events surrounding the death of their equally unlikeable father. Sounds like a real knee-slapper, right? Yes folks, it's as funny as it sounds as 99% of the characters are incredibly annoying to watch and are almost to a one without redeeming qualities. Bitter old women, trifling and lazy men, bratty kids, ad nauseum.

BUT- LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)'s character does have a nice moment at the funeral where he tries to make some sense out of all this nonsense and straighten out this ultra-dysfunctional motley crew. Thus it gets two stars instead of one from me. However, the mess that one has to sit through to get to this good part near the end just ain't worth it. Don't waste your time.

However, the one interesting thing about this film is that it is one of the few films of recent times with a Black cast where race isn't even MENTIONED or bears no relevence to the plot. In fact, this could have easily been done with a White cast. I guess that's equality when Blacks have just as much opportunity to make bad films as Whites!

There are quite a few good laughs in this dvd. LL COOL J has proven himself to be versatile ranging from hardcore rapper to gentle giant husband and big brother in this flick. Not much I could say about others in the cast. Wait! Anthony Anderson, funny as always{ get some di sum}, remember with Jet Lee? Well back to the rest. Jada Pinkett Smith- slap-stick was she pregnant? Vivica Fox was Vivica fox, is she acting? Loretta was funny and Whoopi was ok. Cedric, now how many preachers has he been to date? Toni braxton why! what for! can't act. It's good to rent maybe buy used but nothing to build a collection around. Peace people no comparsion to SoulFood.

this Film had a Promising Name List but it doesn't Make it all the way through.the Jokes just didn't Hit Home for Me Fully.The Story Line was just kinda there.it wasn't as Deep as it could have been for Me Personally.Very Average Film Overall.

Almost didn't watch this movie....wasn't in the mood for musicians trying to be actors....but decided what the hey, might be lighthearted and worth the video rental price...ended up really enjoying it, even coming to amazon.com to buy it. This film has many southernisms and dysfunctional-but-you-gotta-love-them familyisms. We adopted several lines in our own family "You know yo Daddy love us!" ....a certain sign that we enjoyed it! It had excellent situational comedy and Whoopi plays the most understated part of her career, and it really works!

I must admit that I only wanted to see this movie because my favorite singer in the whole world Toni Braxton was in it. But then again some of my most favorite actresses were in it too like Vivika, Tamala (always funny) and Jada. When I got to the movies I almost choked at how funny this movie was... It reminded me of my family. However I was kind of disapointed that there were only really 3 main scenes and that Toni Braxton was only in a few and did not sing. I do agree that they should not have had Jada acting like she could sing when Toni was in the mivie. But all toghther the best characters were Loretta, Jada, and Anthony. This is a great movie with no curses under the exception of maybe 1 little word, but I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes to laugh and my little brother 4 years old enjoyed it so maybe other kid mught as well.

I really wasn't expect much from this film. I expected it to be your typical cookie cutter fare. I ended up being pleasantly surprised. The cast was likable, the storyline was interesting, and the film's comedy was VERY funny and VERY down to Earth.

In a way, the family in the film reminded me of my family. I'm sure it will remind you of your folks, too. I don't care if you're white, black, or whatever. This movie has UNIVERSAL APPEAL. I recommend it to EVERYONE who loves to laugh! Buy or rent this film today!

This movie was extremely enjoyable. Very funny and silly. I'm sure there a lot of families just like this one. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. LL Cool J was the best and most down-to-earth character(closest to normal). If you like to laugh, you have to see this movie.

first off, i thought this was going to be a very funny movie, because of all the stars and wonderful people in it such as L.L Cool J, Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Anderson, my girl Jada Pinkett Smith, Toni Braxton, and a host of others. first of all is was all about them at a funeral. it wasnt that funny and the plot was very weak,we was so excited about this movie when it came out but its not worth it, and i love everybody that was in the movie just not the characters that they played. so i give it a D-

I love this movie. It's funny how it's usaully the movies you almost don't buy that you like the best.I heard so many bad things about this movie I almost just rented it it, It was also a few dollars more then what i like to pay for a single dvd, But i bought it and was very happy I did. This is the kind of movie you can watch with your whole family unlike the eqaully good Soul Food that had some raunch that was not for the small kids.This is a realsitic family dram that is also very funny, I loved Cedric the Entertainer as the preacher with gas. The Dvd had a few features a Kirk Franklin Mary, Mary music video for Thank you and the trailer and tv spots as well as a four minute featurette that was too short too be enlighting. There is also A commentery by the Doug Mchenry the filmaker who directed the film that havent watched yet. Although I would have liked a few more features this is a great movie with a great transfer and sound. There is one other thing if you are planning to watch this on a small tv it's a very wide transfer not 1.85 as the box states, It 2.35 35mm aspact ratio so it will be vey small and hard to see.

For a comedy this one feels awfully glum; perhaps this is because it's about a funeral, but one gets the impression that it wasn't intended to be so dry. Whoopi Goldberg plays the matriarch of an extended family whose members turn inside out when their "Mean and Surly" grandfather dies, leaving two sons (LL Cool J, Anthony Anderson) to deal with the problems that have divided them for too many years. Viveca Fox (in a surprisingly disappointing performance) and Jada Pinkett Smith (who tries to be charming but ends up going over the top with her role) play their wives. The film's best moments come from the very funny Loretta Devine as the ultra religious and highly exasperated aunt whose dresses always match her Bible; she comes as close as possible to giving this film some good rhythm. Other than that, the film has no real moments of tenderness, no exposition of character depth, nor much payoff in the end. Considering it is Goldberg's first major role in almost four years, one would hope the writers would have given something meatier to work with.

Wow what a great cast. Movie had some very funny moments and some parts that were very touching and endearing. Great performance from Anthony Anderson, he is on his way to superstardom. Anthony and Jada have real chemistry and I hope they do another film together. Another standout performance from Vivica Fox. Clyde was my favorite character, he had me on the floor with laughter. The only negative thing is sometimes the script kinda made some of the characters look like caricatures instead of real people. Very funny performance from Jada.

Well, ladies and gentleman, I too have read the reviews, which give it the aura of movies like the Omega Code (if anyone ever will remember that mess). But I watched at our inadequate AAFES theatre, and it was great! Although the big fogiveness thing in the end was a little corny, the movie really showed a disfunctional African American family that had both the Godly side of their culture, and also the 'other' side. ...

When this movie was released in theaters, it received bad reviews and I wondered out loud: "What movie was the critics watching????" This movie is awesome! I was completely drawn into the story because I could relate on a very personal level to all the things that happened in the movie, from beginning to end. The music was wonderful, too. I couldn't find anything to dislike about "Kingdom Come." It was the southern version of "Soul Food" only better. If you buy this DVD, you won't go wrong!