| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Widescreen) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Nicole Ari Parker, Mike Epps
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1898
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 60 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 61101992
UPC: 025195015875
EAN: 0025195015875
ASIN: B00177YFYM
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Martin Lawrence leads an all-star cast including Cedric the Entertainer Mo'Nique and Mike Epps in the hit comedy Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. When a celebrated TV show host (Lawrence) returns to his hometown in the South his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation! It's one outrageous predicament after another when big-city attitude and small-town values collide in this hysterical comedy critics are praising for its "over-the-top hilarity!" (Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel)System Requirements:Running Time: 114 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:COMEDY/FAMILY GATHERINGS Rating:PG-13 UPC:025195015875 Manufacturer No:61101992
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While its story might sound terribly interesting, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is largely a vehicle for gross-out sight gags and grotesque performances by performers who, in many cases, don't need to do such things. Martin Lawrence stars as R.J. Stevens, a successful, Jerry Springer-like, television talk show host who sets aside his perfect life with a sweet son (Damani Roberts) and celebrity girlfriend (Joy Bryant) to attend his parents' golden wedding anniversary back home in Georgia. From the moment he arrives, all the reasons R.J. left to reinvent himself on the West Coast become clear. His siblings and cousins (Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Michael Clarke Duncan, Cedric the Entertainer) quickly put him in his place, reminding him that his name is actually Roscoe Jenkins. His sweet mother (Margaret Avery) watches impassively while R.J.'s dad (James Earl Jones) strikes one disapproving note after another. R.J. would be content to wait out the anniversary events and go home, but the arrival of a woman (Nicole Ari Parker) he loved but couldn't keep during his adolescence changes everything, bringing out the competitive survivor within. Written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Undercover Brother), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins promises rich comedy and dramatic flavorings, as well as a bunch of delightful actors doing what only they can do best. But Lee subverts the project for cheap and easy laughs, using his best material to do little else than bridge scenes of bad slapstick, bestial perversity, clownish sex and irritating, motormouth rants from the likes of Mo'Nique and Epps. This a hard movie to sit through at 114 minutes, one of those what-were-they-thinking-when-they-made-this films. --Tom Keogh
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 WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS August 29, 2008
Great DVD. Arrived in great condition and got it at a fraction of the cost.
 Decent But Definitely Not Hilarious August 21, 2008
Its hard to build a story around humor that relies on playin the dozens, particularly during scenes intended to be serious.
Someone needs to tell Monique that saying something stupid loudly doesn't make it funny. Her big mouth overshadowed the content of every scene. She seems like a beautiful person, but that is not the issue. (Shouting "How was your weekend?" to my asian drycleaner won't make him say "Fine. And you," instead he nods and half says "Yeah, Thank you.")
If you have nothing better to do, it is worth a watch. Martin and Ced are funny until they stop acting like comedians. Epps has gotten funnier. And there are several nice cleavage shots.
Martin is the MAN~ August 13, 2008
This is a movie I truly enjoyed being that I love Martin and Mo'Nique. And I was glad to see B-Lanca, LOL, get what she had coming in the end.
If you have yet to see this movie, be sure to check it out. You will laugh your behind off!
Linda R. Herman, Author of Consequences When Love Is Blind
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FUNNY! August 1, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR HOWEVER, THIS MOVIE HAD ME CRACKING UP. I CAN'T REMEMBER LAUGHING SO HARD. MONIQUE WAS AWESOME AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE CAST
Great Movie July 25, 2008
I found the movie to be very entertaining and funny. Martin Lawrence just keeps getting better and better... Monique was hilarious. Kudos to everyone in the film.
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