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Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan

Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
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March 6, 2008

The photo department does another kindness by not including the likeness of Martin Lawrence, trapped in the ring role of a black Dr. Phil, who takes his lady love (Joy Bryant) home to Georgia to meet the kinfolk. Actors such as Michael Clarke Duncan, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer have been persuaded by writer-director Malcolm D. Lee (Roll Bounce) to do crass routines that should have gone out with minstrel shows. Oh, yeah, dogs have hot sex. And a skunk sprays all over the place. But nothing the skunk does can begin to match the stench of this movie.

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