Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins

Synopsis: Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Malcolm D. Lee
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG-13
Year:
2008
114 min
$42,168,445
Website
1,687 Views


FEMALE ANNOUNCER.:

Lights, camera, access.

O'DELL.:
Yes, it's true.

The master of midday TV

goes prime time.

Talk show host Dr. RJ Stevens

has popped the question

to Bianca Kittles,

recent winner

of Survivor:
Kiribati.

What's good, family?

The Doctor's show,

with his irreverent guests...

I've been banging your sister.

(SCREAMING)

... party-like atmosphere and

his "Team of Me" philosophy...

The team of who?

ALL:
Me!

Rely on yourself.

... has gotten a significant

ratings boost

since news of his impending

nuptials became public.

This is, no doubt, welcome

news to the ultra-competitive,

glammed-out Bianca.

The TV reality star

used every asset she possessed

to outwit, outplay

and outlast the competition

on her quest

for the million bucks.

It's a Q-rating bonanza,

as these two

couldn't be more

perfectly matched.

Life is good

for the good doctor.

Wow.

ANNOUNCER.:
(WHISPERING)

On access.

That was fabulous!

Honey, I'm so

proud of you.

Thank you.

You're such a star.

Isn't he a star?

(ALL CHEERING)

He is a superstar.

Now, that is how

you announce your engagement!

That was genius.

You're the talk

of the town!

WOMAN:
Hey, RJ.

Could you imagine this

five years ago, bro?

With a girl like that?

Hell, no.

Hit show,

big mansion on the block.

Now I'm international.

You look great,

by the way.

Sh*t, man,

that's all this tofu

Bianca got me eating.

Besides the hunger pains,

being a vegan is the sh*t.

(LAUGHING)

Cheers.

Honey! Telephone.

Get going.

BIANCA:
That sounds

wonderful. I can't wait.

Great.

Well, it's nice

speaking to you.

Okay, hold on.

It's your mom.

Hurry up. Talk.

We still have guests.

Hi!

WOMAN:
Hi there!

You made it. Oh, my God.

You look amazing!

Hey, Mama.

Well, hello, stranger.

We're just beginning to think

you just forgot all about us.

No, Mama. I can't forget

my number one girl.

(CHUCKLES)

And I didn't forget

your anniversary, either.

I sent y'all

a 50" plasma TV.

One inch for every year.

That's sweet, baby.

But we'd much rather

meet Blanca.

She sounds so nice.

(LAUGHS) Bianca, Mama.

Not Blanca.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I thought it was Blanca.

Well, baby,

you know

it's our 50th anniversary.

Mama, I don't think

we're gonna be able

to make it.

Jamaal, you know,

he's got this

big soccer game.

The boy loves himself

some soccer, Mama.

I know.

He talks to Papa

all the time.

Jamaal and Daddy

have been talking?

And writing letters.

Lord... You know,

we haven't seen that child

since he was a baby.

You've just got to come.

Everybody's coming.

We got Ellie

and Cleavon,

Clyde and Lucinda and...

Lucinda?

Oh, yes.

Lucinda and Clyde?

Mmm-hmm.

They're coming together?

I forgot to tell you.

But I... I thought...

PAPA.:

That's a lot

of questions, boy.

Hey, Daddy.

Especially from someone

who has shown very little

interest in his family.

Yes, sir, but I...

If you can find

the time to explore

"The Mind Of A Stripper"

or "Sisters Gone Wild"

with your so-called "family,"

then you can find

the time to spend

with your actual family.

So you've been watching!

Boy, don't disappoint

your mother.

(SIGHS)

(REFEREE BLOWING WHISTLE)

RJ:
Go, Jamaal!

There you go,

there you go!

Boy, that

kid's good.

Right. Move.

Push it!

Come on, get it,

get it, get it, get it!

Right there!

Let it go, Jamaal!

That's a winner, Jamaal!

(WHOOPING)

(LAUGHS)

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

MARTY:
Hey, RJ, I'll see you

later, man. Okay, take care.

You tell Jamaal I said bye.

Jamaal, way to go.

Way to go. That's

how you do that.

Good going, guys!

Yeah!

(WHOOPING)

That's my boy.

That's my boy.

That's a lot of

running for one goal.

But, hey, at least you hit it.

Dad, you should

come more often.

Hey, I'm here.

Dad, why don't you want to go

to Dry Springs?

(SIGHS) Come on.

Not you, too.

Papa Jenkins says

Dry Springs is awesome.

He said all my cousins'll

be there and I'd have

a lot of fun.

Oh, really?

What else do

y'all talk about?

I don't know.

School, my friends,

soccer, global warming.

Global warming?

We talk about a lot of stuff.

He's really cool.

Can't we please go?

I'll think about it, Jamaal.

Oh. Talk it over

with the boss, first.

Boss?

(SCOFFS)

Son, men run things

in a relationship.

And between us men,

never let a woman tell you

what to do, and how to do it.

Your dad's

in complete control.

(RJ SCREAMING)

BIANCA:

Who's in control?

Tell me.

Who's in control?

I don't know!

Take me higher,

you can do it!

(GASPING) Oh, no.

Come on. Take me. Harder!

Come on, lover!

(WHINING) Mama!

(IN A DEEP VOICE) Yes!

Oh, sh*t!

Push it!

What the hell are you...

Yes!

(GROANING)

(MUMBLING NONSENSICALLY)

BIANCA:
Oh.

Speaking in tongues.

That's a first.

(BIANCA SIGHS)

I'm so proud of you.

(BIANCA EXHALES)

I want to look hot

for your family.

So now...

Time for my seven miles.

(TREADMILL WHIRRING)

Can you untie me first?

Babe?

Babe! Babe...

It's all done.

I booked the tickets.

Honey?

I'm hearing a tinge

of doubt in your voice.

I'm cool. You know, it's...

It'll be four days, then

we get back to our lives.

Exactly.

This will solidify

our union to the world.

We'll tape your parents'

banquet, you make a heartfelt

speech, and the ratings?

(CHUCKLES) Oh, my God!

(BIANCA SIGHS)

Yeah.

"Country boy done good

returns home with

his Survivor queen."

(LAUGHS) Hey, my...

My audience'll dig that.

See? That's

why I love you.

Baby, I've dated

all kinds of men.

Athletes, CEOs, princes,

bad boys, attorneys,

mob bosses...

(MUFFLED)

No, no, I get it.

I get that.

But I've never connected

with any of them

the way that I do with you.

RJ Stevens.

Mmm.

Team of Me.

(CHUCKLING)

Your very words helped me

win Survivor, and they brought

me right to you.

They did,

didn't they?

Uh-huh.

(CHUCKLING)

See? We connect.

Yes.

We're winners.

And you?

You're the man.

I am the man.

Say it louder.

I'm the man.

Say it louder.

I'm the man!

Yeah!

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

BIANCA:
Honey,

don't ruin your outfit.

(SCOFFS)

Baby, men don't

wear outfits.

(GRUNTING)

What do you have

in these bags, anyway?

You went 39 days

on a desert island with...

With a toothpick and a thong.

I need options.

RJ:
Damn the options.

I need room.

I'd be happy

to check that for you.

Hell, no!

I had some bad experiences.

I'll just slip it

in the captain's closet.

It's the safest place

it could be.

(EXCLAIMS)

Let's get

this party started.

Uh-uh-uh.

I got you beet juice.

Come on, baby,

I want to live a little.

Precisely.

It's an excellent

source of antioxidants.

Your drink, sir.

Drink up.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Enjoy.

(PLANE ENGINE HUMMING)

FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON PA.:

Once we have reached

a comfortable...

Hey, Dad?

Yeah, son?

This is gonna be

great. Thanks.

Anything for you,

my man.

(EXCLAIMS)

(DOG WHIMPERING)

And now we ask you

to please relax, sit back

and enjoy the flight.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to Georgia.

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Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee (born January 11, 1970) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has directed such films as Undercover Brother, The Best Man, Roll Bounce, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Soul Men and Girls Trip. He also directed an episode of the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. He is a cousin of film director Spike Lee, and is a graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute and Georgetown University. He directed an installment in the Scary Movie franchise, Scary Movie 5. In 2013, he directed The Best Man Holiday, a sequel to The Best Man.His 2017 movie Girls Trip, starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Tiffany Haddish and Jada Pinkett Smith, received positive reviews from critics and grossed $137 million worldwide; it also grossed over $100 million domestically, the first comedy of 2017 to do so. more…

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