First Sunday (2008)

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Directed by David E. Talbert.

Starring Michael Beach, Loretta Devine, Ice Cube, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride, Regina Hall, Tracy Morgan, Katt Williams.

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Gospel-minded playwright David E. Talbert produces, writes, and directs this urban crime comedy concerning a pair of criminals who take a group of church parishioners hostage while attempting to rob the holy house, only to find their captives slowly convincing them to repent and give up their lawless lifestyles. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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First Sunday
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"The trailer was hilarious. I didn't hear one word of profanity, which I hate. I don't understand why a movie has to filled with fowl words in order for it to get a good review. I would buy this one for the family to watch. I give it FOUR THUMBS UP, that's including my toes. " [More]

Tracy Morgan IS Thomas Jefferso ...
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"Do you ever wish that an actor would drop their own persona and just adopt the life/career plan of one of their fictional characters? That’s were I am right now with Tracy Morgan, who is SO good??????and SO underrated??????on 30 Rock, but who spends his time off from the show making films like First Sunday. There’s a clip from that slice of modern blaxploitation floating around; I like the way FilmDrunk sums it up: The clip gives us a hilarious taste of what black church is like. It’s great, because I’ve often said that the differences between how white people do things and how black people do things too often goes unaddressed in comedy. I totally understand that Morgan has a mortgage to pay and base audience that he wants to play to, but it just seems like the caricature of himself that he plays on TV is doing both with a little bit more style. On 30 Rock, Morgan plays Tracy Jordan, a huge movie star known for films like Samurai I Am Awry and Honky Grandma Be Trippin’, in which ... " [More]