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(1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 20% Rotten Page   1   D+ "It's true, writer/director Malcolm D. Lee does pound home a few life lessons, but it mostly comes at the expense of animal attacks, farts, and all-around comedic laziness."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3.5/5 "for anyone wondering where the well-made, expertly-acted comedy went to, Roscoe Jenkins is a "welcome" return for the cinematic form."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron B "I prefer my Martin Lawrence humiliated, emasculated, and speechless...a slightly ludicrous, slightly bloated, but overwhelmingly good-natured comedy of the broadest kind."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "All this said, there's a not bad movie inside of Welcome Home, visible in the quiet center provided by Margaret Avery."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a happy surprise of a movie, a heartfelt comedy that probably shouldn't work, but does. (Would it have hurt to add a comma to the title?)"   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman D- "A rancid, unfunny disaster full of embarrassing performances and shamefully simple-minded comic notions."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D+ "Each year, I happily endure much at the movies that most people are smart enough to avoid, and I am telling you that watching Lawrence here is a punishment."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins feels like a rudimentary retread of previously outrageous "black attack" farces... needlessly cluttered, unfocused and pointless..."   World Voice News   Frank Ochieng C- "The movie makes it abundantly clear that Roscoe should have gone home again. Unfortunately, what's equally apparent is that you shouldn't go with him."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "If the idea of watching Martin Lawrence getting used and abused appeals to you, then Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is the movie for you."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/5 "If Lee had actually directed his performers ... Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins probably would have been a better movie. But frantic flailing isn't consistent forward motion."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 2/4 "Noisy, scattershot Martin Lawrence comedy has a promising setup, and then simply stops trying."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito D "if this film doesn't kill your taste for Martin Lawrence, you'll get him again next month when he stars in the sure-to-be-dreadful College Road Trip"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr 1/4 "Writer-director Malcolm D. Lee wraps a soft and gooey message in a thick crust of crass slapstick."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 0.5/4 "Ugh. Just ugh."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[O]ne of the absolute worst movies ever produced by the hands of humans..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/5 "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is [Lawrence's] latest starring vehicle and yet another that drowns any comedic talents he once had with a cliché plot and hollow character arcs."   Bronsonfive   Michael Ferraro C "There are a lot of outrageous, raunchy, and insulting comments from caricatured family members, but, surprisingly, considering that most of them are played by stand-up comics, very few actual jokes."   Chicago Sun-Times   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "It's not half bad, largely because it places an absolute premium on brash, bawdy humor."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager C "Malcolm D. Lee directs in the semaphore approach to comic performance: playing every gesture big enough to be seen from miles away."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker  (1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 20% Rotten Page   1