Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come (2001)
Director: Doug McHenry
Tagline: « They’re not perfect, but they are family. »
Actors:
Ray Bud Slocumb
Charisse Slocumb
Lucille Slocumb
Marguerite Slocumb
Junior Slocumb
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rating:  vote average (2’621 votes)
Quotes: « Charisse Slocumb: My husband done did it with that child in the Shopwell parking lot? Lord, Take me now! » [falls to the floor screaming in hysterics] « Marguerite Slocumb: Don't nobody mind her, she just likes attention. » « Charisse Slocumb: Bernice Talbot? My-my husband done did it wit' that child in that "Shop-Well" parking lot? LORD TAKE ME NOW! » « Royce: Look, Mama, you right, okay? Them unemployment checks ain't gonna keep comin' in. I know you don't think I think about that, but I do. And when they do stop comin' in, I'ma go ahead on an' find me a nice gal… a good Christian gal… gon' 'head on an' settle down. Quit all this foolishness. Mama, I know you always wanted grandbabies. You always said that. Figure I'd gon' and have me a couple a' kids. One or two of 'em… » [Royce's mother smiles] « Royce: …so I can get on welfare. »
Trailer: Kingdom Come
Runtime:94 minutes
Plots: When a despicable family member expires at last, his relatives gather to comfort one another–and to settle old scores. This family has issues. When mean and surly Bud Slocumb keels over at breakfast, his family gathers for the wake and funeral: long-suffering widow Raynelle; daughter Delightful, who constantly eats; unemployed son Junior, who’s cheating on his wife Charisse; son Ray Bud who holds a job and has a loving wife, Lucille, but struggles with alcoholism and their difficulty with starting their family; religious Aunt Marguerite and her wayward son Royce; and their wealthy cousin’s wife Juanita. They all descend on the town of Lula, struggle to say something nice about Bud, and face the challenge of sorting out their relationships with the living. The “mean and surly” patriarch of the Slocumb family dies and everyone scrambles to prepare for the wake and the funeral. Meanwhile, the dysfunctional aspects of the family fuel the fire of grief and bring conflicts, fighting, and ill will blazing to the surface.
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