First Sunday
First Sunday is the latest make work project for Ice Cube who produced this forgettable comedy. He plays Durell, a down on his luck dad sharing custody with his ex who is making noises about leaving town. The tough luck is usually the result of trying to prevent the latest lamely set up catastrophe brought on by his best friend LeeJohn played by Tracy Morgan. Morgan’s misguided hubris is killer on 30 Rock but with nothing to deliver here it doesn’t stand alone for long. As a wad of quick cash would keep Durell’s son in town these two hatch a scheme to steal the receipts from the local church’s First Sunday celebration. This ends up in a prolonged hostage situation with the literal movers and shakers from the congregation where everyone gets cozy courtesy of a lot of manufactured sentimentality. Some standouts in this blacktacular event include Katt Williams as the rambling choir master and Keith David, here applying his trademark hair-trigger temper to the character of Judge B. Bennet Galloway. You may enjoy buying the soundtrack for First Sunday but the movie itself may be the last to see on any day of the week.