First Sunday (2008)

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(53%)

Starring:	Michael Beach \| Ice Cube \| Chi McBride \| Loretta Devine \| Regina Hall \| Tracy Morgan \| Malinda Williams \| Keith David \| Katt Williams
Director:	David E. Talbert
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	94 mins
Genres:	Comedy
Languages:	English
Dubbed:	Polish, Hungarian, Czech
Hearing-impaired:	English
Subtitles:	Croatian, Icelandic, Dutch, Finnish, Romanian, Slovene, Danish, Hebrew, Slovak, Greek, Hindi, Czech, Norwegian, Serbian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Polish
Released:	July 21, 2008
Also available on:	First Sunday is also available on blu_ray First Sunday is also available on Digital

David E. Talbert makes his directorial debut with this comedy about Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan), childhood friends with a knack for getting into trouble. Despite his continual bad decisions, Durell gets one thing right: he's a good father to his adolescent son. When he learns that the boy's mother, his ex-girlfriend, Omunique (Regina Hall), needs $17,000 to buy her beauty shop or she’ll leave Baltimore and move to Atlanta, he's determined to get her the money to keep his son in his life. Meanwhile, LeeJohn needs big money fast to pay off some bad guys. Durell and LeeJohn decide that the collection plate of their local church holds the answer to their money woes. But their attempt to rob the church is foiled in progress: the money is already missing, and the would-be burglars didn't realise there would be people at the church. Finding themselves with a group of parishioners and choir members at their mercy, Durell and LeeJohn have to make some decisions about exactly what kind of men they want to be.
FIRST SUNDAY also makes a statement about the role of the church in urban areas and its importance within the community. Keith David is Deacon Randy, who has grandiose plans for moving the church to a less urban neighbourhood. Chi McBride stars as Pastor Mitchell, and Malinda Williams is his strong-willed daughter, Tianna, who wants First Hope Community Church to stay right where it is and expand its services. Loretta Devine is Sister Doris, the parish secretary and foster mother with a heart of gold. Ice Cube and Morgan have good rapport as the bickering buddies, with Morgan's silliness providing loads of comic relief, but Katt Williams is the scene-stealer as Rickey, the flamboyant choir director with something to say about everything and everyone.

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Los Angeles Times

There's something endearing about these characters....Talbert has done something unexpected and unusual: He's made a nearly violence-free, pointedly hopeful movie that actually touches on a few of the big issues facing American cities

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

worth a watch on a sunday when there's nothing else to do

mica from , 21st August, 2008

This film was unnaturally funny, silly but worth a watch on a sunday afternoon when there's nothing else to do. It stars Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan as two guys needing to get money. Basically Ice Cube plays Durell who is an out-of-work dad who needs over $17,000 to keep his ex from taking their son with her to Atlanta for good. There isn't much of a script but the comedians including Katt WIlliams try to keep the laughs coming. Ice Cube has done a string of films like this recently, unnaturally funny and silly (check out 'Are we there yet' and 'Barbershop')

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