Dirty Laundry
starring: Loretta Devine, Jenifer Lewis, Veronica Webb, Alec Mapa, Greg Alan Williams
directed by: Maurice Jamal
directed by: Maurice Jamal
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Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 01/06/2009Run time: 107 minutesRating: Pg13
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When Sheldon (Rockmond Dunbar, Soul Food) comes back to the small Georgia town he left ten years before, he discovers he has a son--and a whole lot of unresolved family secrets. Dirty Laundry follows Sheldon as he struggles to sort out his relationship with his domineering mother (Loretta Devine, Kingdom Come), his jealous brother (Maurice Jamal, who also wrote and directed), his snooty aunt (Jenifer Lewis, The Cookout), and his naive lover Ryan (newcomer Joey Costello), who follows Sheldon from New York. Dirty Laundry plays like a remake of Sordid Lives as it might be directed by Tyler Perry. Southern caricatures abound, everyone's feuding with everyone else, gossip and good Christian values go hand in hand, and every church service features a dancing gospel choir. The characters are enjoyable and individual scenes play well, though the overall plot doesn't amount to much. Devine storms through the movie like a force of nature, Lewis musters her highest dudgeon, and Dunbar manages to be prickly but genial at the same time, which is no simple trick. A warm, friendly, dysfunctional family romp. --Bret Fetzer
Studio: TcfheRelease Date: 01/06/2009Run time: 107 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
When Sheldon (Rockmond Dunbar, Soul Food) comes back to the small Georgia town he left ten years before, he discovers he has a son--and a whole lot of unresolved family secrets. Dirty Laundry follows Sheldon as he struggles to sort out his relationship with his domineering mother (Loretta Devine, Kingdom Come), his jealous brother (Maurice Jamal, who also wrote and directed), his snooty aunt (Jenifer Lewis, The Cookout), and his naive lover Ryan (newcomer Joey Costello), who follows Sheldon from New York. Dirty Laundry plays like a remake of Sordid Lives as it might be directed by Tyler Perry. Southern caricatures abound, everyone's feuding with everyone else, gossip and good Christian values go hand in hand, and every church service features a dancing gospel choir. The characters are enjoyable and individual scenes play well, though the overall plot doesn't amount to much. Devine storms through the movie like a force of nature, Lewis musters her highest dudgeon, and Dunbar manages to be prickly but genial at the same time, which is no simple trick. A warm, friendly, dysfunctional family romp. --Bret Fetzer
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- Funny!
This one was a little bit of a surprse to me.Loved the story line and also had a little bit of a tug at the old heart strings.
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- MOVIE WAS GREAT, BUT!!!!!!!!!!
I ENJOYED THE MOVIE, BUT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE DISC. THE MOVIE WILL NOT START UNTIL YOU PLAY WITH IT FOR AWHILE. ALSO NEAR THE END IT WILL STOP AND DO A FREEZE FRAME. THIS THE FIRST MOVIE I'VE RECEIVED LIKE THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH IT, NOT WORTH THE HASSLE OF RETURNING IT.
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- Good Clean Family Fun!! Hillariously Funny!! But Also Heartwarming!!
This is a very funny movie that gets even funnier as it progresses!! Hold onto your sides, as you'll be laughing non-stop!!! Sports an elite all-star cast.
Magazine writer Patrick Sheldon (Rockmond Dumbar) who is gay, is a very successful businessman, lives in the Big Apple, has a very high-paying job, a luxurious penthouse-style apt and a very caring and loving boyfriend, just couln't ask for anything more or less.
That is until one evening during a party, a little boy ... Read More
Rating: - Dirty Laundry
I enjoyed Ms. Devine as always and the mystery involved in decovering thst her son was gay.The gay boyfriend played a great role as well.
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- SECRETS AND LIES
THE FILM DIRTY LAUNDRY, CHRONICLES A GAY NEW YORK MAGAZINE WRITER WHO HAS ESCAPED HIS SOUTHERN HOMETOWN, AS WELL AS HIS FAMILY'S JUDGEMENT.THAT IS , UNTIL HIS ILEGITIMATE SON KNOCKS ON HIS DOOR AND SPURS AN UNFORSEEN TRIP BACK HOME.THE PROTAGONIST, PLAYED BY ROCKMOND DUNBAR, IS SURROUNDED BY A PHOTOGENIC AND OFTERN COMEDIC CAST THAT INCLUDES LORETTA DEVINE, JENIFER LEWIS AND GOSPEL LEGENF BOBBY JONES.
- Funny!This one was a little bit of a surprse to me.Loved the story line and also had a little bit of a tug at the old heart strings.
- MOVIE WAS GREAT, BUT!!!!!!!!!!I ENJOYED THE MOVIE, BUT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE DISC. THE MOVIE WILL NOT START UNTIL YOU PLAY WITH IT FOR AWHILE. ALSO NEAR THE END IT WILL STOP AND DO A FREEZE FRAME. THIS THE FIRST MOVIE I'VE RECEIVED LIKE THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH IT, NOT WORTH THE HASSLE OF RETURNING IT.
- Good Clean Family Fun!! Hillariously Funny!! But Also Heartwarming!!This is a very funny movie that gets even funnier as it progresses!! Hold onto your sides, as you'll be laughing non-stop!!! Sports an elite all-star cast.
Magazine writer Patrick Sheldon (Rockmond Dumbar) who is gay, is a very successful businessman, lives in the Big Apple, has a very high-paying job, a luxurious penthouse-style apt and a very caring and loving boyfriend, just couln't ask for anything more or less.
That is until one evening during a party, a little boy ... Read More
- Dirty LaundryI enjoyed Ms. Devine as always and the mystery involved in decovering thst her son was gay.The gay boyfriend played a great role as well.
- SECRETS AND LIESTHE FILM DIRTY LAUNDRY, CHRONICLES A GAY NEW YORK MAGAZINE WRITER WHO HAS ESCAPED HIS SOUTHERN HOMETOWN, AS WELL AS HIS FAMILY'S JUDGEMENT.THAT IS , UNTIL HIS ILEGITIMATE SON KNOCKS ON HIS DOOR AND SPURS AN UNFORSEEN TRIP BACK HOME.THE PROTAGONIST, PLAYED BY ROCKMOND DUNBAR, IS SURROUNDED BY A PHOTOGENIC AND OFTERN COMEDIC CAST THAT INCLUDES LORETTA DEVINE, JENIFER LEWIS AND GOSPEL LEGENF BOBBY JONES.
