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'Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins'

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Whenever Martin Lawrence plays somebody who's supposed to be on top of things (say, for instance, the gung-ho cop in the two "Bad Boys" movies), he comes across as overbearing and overreaching. But when his characters get knocked down and he struggles to recover a modicum of dignity, Lawrence can do a slow burn as consummately as any movie comic in history.

So perhaps the most inspired aspect...

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