Two bungling, petty criminal BFFs try to rob a church, but someone from staff beat them to it. They spend the night with the church staff to get the money.Two bungling, petty criminal BFFs try to rob a church, but someone from staff beat them to it. They spend the night with the church staff to get the money.Two bungling, petty criminal BFFs try to rob a church, but someone from staff beat them to it. They spend the night with the church staff to get the money.
Sterling Ardrey
- Timmy
- (as Sterling D. Ardrey)
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Did you know
- TriviaTracy Morgan shot the whole movie with an ankle bracelet on his ankle, where if he didn't leave the set to go straight home, he was going to jail.
- GoofsWhen the Baltimore Police are chasing Durell and LeeJohn's van, we can see a large billboard for DJ BIG BOY, a DJ for Los Angeles radio station Power 106, in the background.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Hulk Hogan/Regina Hall/Nicole Atkins (2008)
- SoundtracksHit the Block
Written by Sean 'Diddy' Combs, The Notorious B.I.G., Krayzie Bone (as Anthony Henderson),
Layzie Bone (as Steven Howse), Bizzy Bone (as Bryon McCane), Steven Jordan, Joey Brooks, Pimp C (as Chad L. Butler), Bun B (as Bernard James Freeman), Tip 'T.I.' Harris (as Clifford Harris), Swizz Beatz (as Kasseem Dean)
Performed by UGK (as UGK (Underground Kings)) featuring Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Courtesy of Jive Records
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
T.I. apepars courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Funny, but only in very isolated parts.
So, it turns out "blaxploitation" films are still alive and well, and these days cast Ice Cube, Katt Williams and Tracy Morgan in the leading roles.
This offensive film parades just about every stereotype about African Americans that you can get away with while still maintaining a PG-13 rating. That translates into a ghetto setting curiously devoid of drug dealers and crack whores. There is one character who dresses like a pimp, but I'm convinced that was because of a mix-up in wardrobe, rather than a deliberate attempt at authenticity.
What is inexcusably absent though is a discernible plot. The screenplay seems to be a weak attempt to re-purpose the flimsy dramatic premise that powers "Die Hard", but relocating it in a church and mashing some Agatha Christie mystery elements for good measure.
What emerges then, in place of a plot, is a severely frayed thread, ambitiously intended to link together a series of set pieces where the various performers deliver signature material - kind of like what you'd find at a school concert, only less coherent.
"First Sunday" does have some funny moments and to be fair, the family did chuckle about the movie for a couple of days after watching it. So think of this movie as a set of toppings in search of a (first) sundae.
This offensive film parades just about every stereotype about African Americans that you can get away with while still maintaining a PG-13 rating. That translates into a ghetto setting curiously devoid of drug dealers and crack whores. There is one character who dresses like a pimp, but I'm convinced that was because of a mix-up in wardrobe, rather than a deliberate attempt at authenticity.
What is inexcusably absent though is a discernible plot. The screenplay seems to be a weak attempt to re-purpose the flimsy dramatic premise that powers "Die Hard", but relocating it in a church and mashing some Agatha Christie mystery elements for good measure.
What emerges then, in place of a plot, is a severely frayed thread, ambitiously intended to link together a series of set pieces where the various performers deliver signature material - kind of like what you'd find at a school concert, only less coherent.
"First Sunday" does have some funny moments and to be fair, the family did chuckle about the movie for a couple of days after watching it. So think of this movie as a set of toppings in search of a (first) sundae.
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- Also known as
- Ngày Chủ Nhật Đầu Tiên
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,931,869
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,714,821
- Jan 13, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $38,810,311
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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