Product: Kingdom Come (2001)
Rating: 4.0
very enjoyable look at a family
We all have families composed of a great many differentpersonalities. Some are crazier than others but deep down if we considerthem family we love them. Kingdom Come shows up what happens when they areall forced to get back together for a tragedy.Whoopi Goldberg plays the long-suffering matriarch of the family whowatches her mean and nasty husband drop dead at breakfast one morning. Nowher sister and all of their children, except for...well you know...he'sstill in jail, are all coming home for the funeral. The rest of the moviedetails how they all come together as a bunch of crazy, fighting individualsand end together as a family.The story was a little weak. A lot of it was stereotypical but theacting more than saved it throughout. In fact the performances carried themovie well over the top in quality. Whoopi played the quiet matriarchdispensing wisdom as needed. LL Cool J played her oldest son, therecovering alcoholic, who is struggling with his own fear of death and theinfertility problems he and his wife seem to be having. Anthony Andersonplayed the younger son as a dreamer stuck with a hot-headed wife andmultiple kids. Cedric the Entertainer portrays the town preacher as a manfull of advice...and other more shallow problems near the end.I really enjoyed this one. It mixed drama with comedy from start tofinish and will be a part of my collection.