 The Cookout
Starring: Storm P, Eve, Frankie Faison, Farrah Fawcett, Jennifer Lewis, Danny Glover
Directed by: Lance Rivera
Screenplay by: Queen Latifah
Release Date: September 3, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for drug content, sexual references and language.
Studio: Lionsgate Films
 Domestic: $11,814,019 (98.4%)
Foreign: $195,051 (1.6%)
Total: $12,009,070 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: This summer, get your grill on!
Todd Anderson is chosen as the #1 NBA draft pick by the New Jersey Nets and signs a contract for thirty million dollars that instantly changes his life. Whether he likes it or not his mom, Lady Em played by Jenifer Lewis, is not going to let her son forget his roots. Todd is at a crossroads and with his new found wealth becomes vulnerable to the influence of other people.
Todd buys a new house and mistakenly invites family from the old neighborhood for a cookout on the same day he scheduled an endorsement interview. The cookout is a family tradition more extravagant than the typical American dinner gathering because it's like a giant reunion and all havoc breaks loose for the feast of Southern home cooking.
As the new black man living in a stuffy white neighborhood, Todd attracts a lot of attention. Queen Latifah is the eccentric security guard that makes matters worse for Todd. She's poised to bust him if any of the neighborhood association's myriad of rules gets broken.
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