First Sunday
The film follows two thieves: Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan do not have a prayer in First Sunday. They uncover their cash is stolen so they determine to find out who is robber.
18 July 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 September 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 September 1973, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 June 1956, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
27 November 1983, Redlands, California, USA
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
12 December 1970, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 January 1982, Utica, New York, USA
August 26, 2008
This movie fails as a comedy, a drama, a morality play, and as a coherent motion picture. Awful stuff!January 29, 2008
Talbert's unable to pin down exactly what kind of movie he wants to make, a slapstick sermon or an urban tragicomedy?January 11, 2008
Your enjoyment of this movie may depend on the Tracy Morgan factor. Rarely has there been a comic who can switch from funny to unbearably grating with such speed.May 03, 2008
Devilish satire outing felons who come in gaudy three piece suits too, a sweltering church 'hotter than Satan's toenails' and Sunday sermon sidebars that all the rest makes go down easy.March 22, 2011
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.March 28, 2008
Grafting moral uplift on to a slapstick caper with mixed results, this nevertheless captures some of the giddy eccentricity of the Ealing comedies it haphazardly resembles.January 17, 2008
If Tyler Perry ever wanted to turn Dog Day Afternoon into a treacly after-school special, it would probably end up looking a lot like this.April 26, 2009
Perhaps moviegoers demand simplicity and cheap laughs more than ever during tough times, but this must be discouraging to aspiring African-American comedians and writers.January 11, 2008
The movie's total lack of focus and its unimpressive script should render it totally unwatchable. Weirdly, that doesn't quite happen.May 01, 2008
The missing-church-funds subplot will be easily figured out by any four year old, but it winds up being a McGuffin anyway.January 11, 2008
The movie is designed to be uplifting and inspirational, but everything about it is tired and listless. It doesn't so much make you feel the spirit as drain it out of you.