Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Feb 8, 2008

1h 54m

★ 6.0

Roscoe Jenkins aims for the heartstrings and funny bones, a raucous helping of family soul food.

Overview

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Spyglass Entertainment

Universal Pictures

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Trailers

Cast

Roscoe Jenkins

Martin Lawrence

Papa Jenkins

James Earl Jones

Mamma Jenkins

Margaret Avery

Bianca Kittles

Joy Bryant

Clyde Stubb

Cedric the Entertainer

Lucinda Allen

Nicole Ari Parker

Sheriff Otis Jenkins

Michael Clarke Duncan

Reggie

Mike Epps

Betty

Mo'Nique

Jamaal Jenkins

Damani Roberts

Amy

Brooke Lyons

Marty

Louis C.K.

Hannes Engel is a successful radio presenter in the countryside. By chance, he is heard by program director Conrad Scheffer one night, who immediately recognizes the potential of the cheeky presenter and wants to sign him up as the new figurehead for his late show, which is in a ratings slump. But this proves to be more difficult than planned. First of all, they have to get rid of the old show host, then Engel's wife has just been thrown out of one of the station's productions, and Engel is also being pursued by a sensationalist tabloid journalist who never misses a chance to drag Engel through the mud....

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