When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
The structure and style are a staple of many traveling black stage shows ... What slays them in the second balcony, though, flattens on the screen.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr 2001
rotten:
While Kingdom Come follows the formula for comic combustibility, it's even more inert than Bud, who at least comes to life for a brief fantasy sequence.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
13 Apr 2001
rotten:
A heavyset daughter who never talks but eats a lot is named Delightful, which is supposed to be funny. That pretty much sums up the movie's comic tone.