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Posted on: Saturday, January 12, 2008

Watch out for not-so-funny 'First Sunday' at the theaters

Advertiser Staff

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Wondering about the new comedy "First Sunday," which opened yesterday in theaters? Here are comments from reviewer Claudia Puig of USA Today:

"First Sunday" is a misguided attempt at comedy that needs to go last on anyone's list of movie options.

With plot holes the size of boulders, it's a bad effort at wacky humor and schmaltzy redemption that plods and preaches gratingly.

The film's only saving grace is the offbeat performance of Katt Williams, as a choir director who blurts out whatever he's thinking. He has such a singular way of tossing off his lines that you find yourself looking forward to any time he opens his mouth.

Not so for Tracy Morgan, who is ostensibly the more comedic half of the petty criminal duo, which also features a glowering Ice Cube (pictured). Cube's character, Durrell Washington, is desperate to raise money for his ex-wife to pay off a debt, which will keep her from whisking his son out of state. So, he and Morgan, who plays the goofy LeeJohn Jackson, decide to rob a church — in the most bumbling style imaginable.

Rated PG-13 for crude language, sexual humor and brief drug references. 98 minutes.