First Sunday

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First Sunday

PG-13,

2008,

1h 38m,

Comedy

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12%

74 Reviews

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56%

100,000+ Ratings

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12%

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74 Reviews

56%

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100,000+ Ratings

Petty thieves Durell and LeeJohn face a big problem: The two must come up with $17,000 in one week, or Durell will no longer be able to see his son. The goofy scoundrels embark on a haphazard plan to rob the neighborhood church, but they find the mission trickier than expected. When they arrive, they discover that somebody equally disreputable has already had his hand in the coffers. Now, they must trace the money to a group of parishioners.

Critics Consensus

First Sunday may have its heart in the right place, but its funny bone is dislocated.

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

May 1, 2008

2/5

The missing-church-funds subplot will be easily figured out by any four year old, but it winds up being a McGuffin anyway.

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Phelim O'Neill

Guardian

Mar 28, 2008

1/5

With his movie debut, Talbert plays to his established audience, the redemption message riding roughshod over everything, even such trifling concerns as character consistency and continuity.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Mar 28, 2008

1/5

The least funny man ever to make a career in comedy movies, Ice Cube hauls his sullen mug back in front of the cameras for the execrable First Sunday.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 7, 2020

2.5/4.0

The ending seems either a catering to studio influence or an effort to keep the film at a certain length as it falls short of Talbert's usual standard of writing.

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Dave White

Movies.com

Apr 4, 2011

2/5

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Mar 22, 2011

5/10

First Sunday isn't an out and out bad film, but to be a good one it would need to either greatly raise the dramatic steaks, or push its comedic boundaries over the top in conception. Instead it treads water safely in the middle, and it shows.

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Synopsis

Petty thieves Durell and LeeJohn face a big problem: The two must come up with $17,000 in one week, or Durell will no longer be able to see his son. The goofy scoundrels embark on a haphazard plan to rob the neighborhood church, but they find the mission trickier than expected. When they arrive, they discover that somebody equally disreputable has already had his hand in the coffers. Now, they must trace the money to a group of parishioners.

Director: David E. Talbert
Producer: David E. Talbert, David McIlvain, Tim Story, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez
Screenwriter: David E. Talbert
Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony
Production Co: Cubevision, Story Company, Firm Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Drug References|Some Sexual Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 11, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.9M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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