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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) -- This is U.S. trailer for Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) -- A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

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Malcolm D. Lee (written by)
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Release Date:
8 February 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Going home is no vacation.
Plot:
A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South. | add synopsis
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Fool's Gold Attracts Cash On DVD
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 June 2008, 10:38 AM, PDT)

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Surprisingly funny. more (38 total)


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Also Known As:
The Better Man (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some drug references.
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USA:114 min | Argentina:114 min
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During the softball game, Clyde is pitching and tells his defense to sit down. He is wearing a Satchel Paige replica jersey; Paige was also famous for having his defense sit down while he was pitching. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the celebration party scene Roscoe mentions that he and his fiancé are vegan, but in the scene shortly after, of them in the kitchen, Bianca is seen cutting up cheese, which is not part of a vegan diet. more
Quotes:
Reggie: [Admiring the pork ribs he's just barbecued] See this swine? It's fine, divine, sublime, and right...
Otis: ...on time!
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References Thinner (1996) more
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Neutron Dance more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Surprisingly funny., 23 May 2009
8/10
Author: k-dhesi from United Kingdom

Firstly, ignore the low rating. It's obvious that welcome home Roscoe Jenkins is very underrated. It has everything you need in a comedy, it has a hilarious familiar cast, it's just full of laughs and fun. Martin Laurence did wonderfully and Mike Epps was Hesterical.

The title seems cheesy and typical, but the movie it self were far from that. The movie even becomes touching towards the end. A great one for a more mature family. I say that because the movie is not just another "cheaper by the dozen" most jokes are more for older people, and some scenes are not all appropriate for your young ones. What makes the film so great is it's execution, it's lines and it's just simple fun to watch. A family get's re united, so you can already imagine the laugh's your going to get already. Martin Laurence (Roscoe) returns back to were he grew up, he's off coarse successful and he comes back to his cousins, who are a nice delight to watch. Mike Epps doesn't stop delivering some nice laughs. He plays his role nicely. The rest of the cast were good too.

A typical family? well you will see your usual arguments and a whole lot of fighting! A great fun funny flick that will keep you laughing from start to finish. Go see it.

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