Starring: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael
Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Clifton Powell, Nick Turturro,
Chi McBride
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language, some sexual humor, and brief drug
references)
Amazon Review: Ice Cube continues
his winning streak as a likeable everyman in family movies with First Sunday,
an initially silly, disposable comedy that picks up emotional power and
authenticity by the second act. Cube plays ne’er-do-well Durell, an out-of-work
Baltimore dad who needs over $17,000 to keep his ex from taking their son with
her to Atlanta for good. Desperate to raise the cash but hamstrung by his
self-defeating attitude and the criminal antics of his goofy sidekick, LeeJohn
(Tracy Morgan), Durell gives in to temptation and decides he and LeeJohn should
rob a church...more
Extras: Commentary by
writer-director David E. Talbert, deleted Scenes, gag Reel, Outtakes,
Talbert's Camera Wrap Speech, "Hood Robbin' With the First Sunday Cast &
Crew" featurette, "The Almighty Version Fact Track."
Also
available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Movie Spotlight
First Sunday Release Date: January 11, 2008 Studio: Screen Gems (Sony) Director: David E. Talbert Screenwriter: David E. Talbert Starring: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael
Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Clifton Powell, Nick Turturro,
Chi McBride Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language, some sexual humor, and brief drug
references) Official Website: Sony.com/FirstSunday
Plot Summary: In this hilarious comedy, Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn
(Tracy Morgan) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they
have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up
with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up
spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much
more than they bargained for.
The all-star cast also includes Katt Williams as Rickey, the flamboyant church
choir-director, Chi McBride as the Pastor, Malinda Williams as his outspoken
daughter and Regina Hall as the mother of Durell's son.
EN 5 Second Review:
Cute, full of cliches and we will watch it on HBO
In
First Sunday, Ice Cube departs a bit from the upright-citizen
persona, playing a man driven to crime by desperate circumstances A.O. Scott: NY Times
First Sunday sometimes feels more like a script read-through
than like an actual movie, but it's warmth is likely to carry you
through...more
A
near-claustrophobic comedy that manages to be both
predictable and preachy Brian Lowry: Variety
What little salvation "First Sunday" can find lies in the
casting, from Cube's inherent decency to McBride and
Devine's warmth to
Olivia Cole in a small role as an elderly parishioner.
Those contributions, however, occur more in spite of the
hackneyed script than because of it...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Cute, full of cliches and we will watch it on HBO