kingdom come or ( out of four ) by blake french represent kingdom come open with a not so tragic death in the midst of a dysfunctional family . the husband of raynelle slocumb ( whoopi goldberg ) suddenly kick the bucket while eat breakfast at the kitchen table . he leave his wife not with wonderful memory but with only two adjective to describe him represent mean and surly . this incident trigger a family reunion to celebrate the life of their relative . most of the family member hate each other and be not particularly happy with their awkward ruination . the family member all appear to be spoof material from some stale tv soap opera . actually and kingdom come be best describe a a made for tv soap opera spoof . the script give the variety of eccentric character unique little quirk that replace development but establish their lifestyle . it funny how the movie begin and end with the whoopi goldberg character . she be the only person in the family with whom we connect . she realize that her relative be resentful fool and and provide u with a kind of wisdom that really benefit the movie . the film be base on the play by david dean bottrell and jessie jones and who also write the jumbled and unorganized screenplay . director doug mchenry do not provide the story with much focus or interest . there about four subplots of equal importance and but we never actually care about any of the character . some of the character be truly irritating and like a clueless reverend and play by cedric the entertainer and who be so witty and edgy in spike lee the original king of comedy . here he be simply a medium for the film to spew ungraceful humor while his speech mannerism and character development be painfully unfunny . no matter and the movie continuously stretch his stupidity and especially during a closing scene of obligatory fart joke during a funeral reception . this scene may be somewhat funny and but it context and it be way out of place . a top notch cast deliver a variety of situation character and include raynelle alcoholic son ( ll cool j in a performance worthy of the razzie award ) and and his scold wife ( vivica a. fox ) . her daughter ( jada pinkett smith ) be marry to an adulterer ( anthony anderson ) . another daughter be marguerite ( loretta devine ) and who try hard to control her slacker son ( darius mccrary ) . there be also a rich loudmouth cousin ( toni braxton ) and i already mention the gaseous rev . hooker ( cedric the entertainer ) . kingdom come be a movie obviously drive by moral belief and powerful conviction and and while it intention be noble and understood and it never manage to get it point across clearly . the film just can not successfully display it message in context to the story on screen . it tire to be a warm hearted and family orientate comedy like soul food and but do not hold the same standard for itself . what we end up with be a preachy but whimsical comedy that can not make up it mind whether it want u to laugh or join the chorus .