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  • Jan 14, 2008 4:05 pm US/Pacific
    The Beat: Movie Review "First Sunday"
    Aaron gives his review on the new movie "First Sunday"

    by Aaron Fields | KSTW.com

    "In this hilarious comedy, Durell (Ice Cue) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan)) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for." [Source: Moviefone ]


    I was really excited about seeing this movie because two of my favorite comedians are in it, Ricky Smiley and Katt Williams. Even more than that, Ricky Smiley was playing his role as an old lady. For those of you that don't know, he had this hilarious show where he would prank call people on the radio using the old grandma voice and I have had plenty of laughs off of that.


    I have to admit though, the previews made the movie look funnier to me than it actually was. This is not to say that I didn't get some good laughs out of it. Yet they weren't the kind of laughs that make your stomach hurt and your eyes tear as you have a permanent smile on your face. It was more of the let me give off a smirk and if others start to laugh let the smirk lead into a laugh kind of laugh. You know what I mean!

     
    The story line was a bit outlandish to me and pretty much unbelieveable. Though growing up in a less racially integrated church as in the movie, I can honestly say some of the characters we're relateable.


    One of my biggest problems is the fact that Katt Williams out shined the two main characters and he didn't even have a certified main role. Was I upset at this? Not at all. Without Katt, this movie would have been horrible instead of just ok. I also wished they would have gave Ricky Smiley more lines as well.


    On my movie scale this movie gets a Matinee rating.

    Full price = You gotta see this movie, if not you'll be sorry on Monday when your left out of the chat around the water cooler
    Matinee= Pretty good, but I'd save the extra couple of bucks for a fast-food dollar menu after the movie
    Rent it= Worth renting the DVD if you get ditched on a Friday night and all you have to hold is your cat fluffy
    Dump it= Tell your worst enemy to go see it, chances are, they'll despise you more 



    Aaron Fields is the Sales Marketing Coordinator for KSTW-TV in Seattle. All opinions expressed in this column are strictly his.