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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Mo'Nique is similarly given little opportunity to show off her indisputable comedic chops, though her freewheeling monologue during the closing credits hints at what might have been.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  It's a cut above other films of its type because every scene is packed with details like those pliers -- touches that suggest that the film's writer and director, Malcolm D. Lee ("The Best Man"), is working overtime to smuggle life into formula.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  An in-your-face double helping of fat jokes, crude slapstick, wacky Southern-black stereotypes and occasionally inspired improv.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden

  The cast's evident delight might be enough for some moviegoers, but with so much talent and so little modulation on offer, audiences subjected to the onslaught could reasonably expect a higher laughs-to-torture ratio.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust

  A near continuous assault of clichs, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins doesn't become truly bothersome until its denouement, when it attempts to wring unearned sentiment from the inevitable, awkwardly staged family rapprochement.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA Today

  Give this to Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins: The dogs can act.

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