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Martin Lawrence continues his crap parade with this stupid family comedy. He plays a Jerry Springer-type talk-show host who takes his new fiancée (the way-too-beautiful Joy Bryant) home to meet his family for his parents’ anniversary. While there, a childhood rivalry with a relative (Cedric the Entertainer) reignites, and the two grown men wind up acting very childish. Lawrence does a lot of his usual mugging through dog-sex and skunk jokes. James Earl Jones looks lost and grumpy as Lawrence’s dad, while Mike Epps and Michael Clarke Duncan manage a laugh or two as party participants. This is one of those comedies during which we are supposed to laugh at someone’s constant misfortune: Chortle as Martin gets skunked in the face! Guffaw as Martin gets beat up by his sister! Vomit at the notion that you paid money to watch thing!