While A Day Late and a Dollar Short was enjoyable (I generally always enjoy movies starring Whoopi Goldberg), I was a bit underwhelmed with the plot, as it was lifted right out of 1997's Soul Food. From the dying matriarch of a dysfunctional black family. To the inclusion of three daughters-with the two eldest hating each other as one's a smart and very successful businesswoman and the other having a seemingly perfect family life. They even casted Mekhi Phifer as the sole son, which I guess is an addition (there was no son in Soul Food). But if you remember Phifer played the troubled boyfriend, Lem, of Nia Long's character, Bird, in Soul Food. Bird was the youngest daughter in Soul Food. Here, Phifer's character is also troubled, just older and an actual son of the matriarch now.
Still, A Day Late and a Dollar Short was decent enough given the acting was mostly good due to the veteran cast that, along with the underrated Whoopi Goldberg mentioned above, included Phifer, Ving Rhames, Kimberly Elise, and Tichina Arnold. Speaking of which, it's good to see Arnold getting recent work as I haven't seen much from her since the Martin sitcom days.
On the other hand, I can't rate this film too high because it was very very predictable and some of the over-the-top drama gave me flashbacks of films written and directed by Tyler Perry-and not in a good way. For instance, did we have to have both the mother and daughter following their spouses to the park/lake to discover he has another woman and possible child? Anyway, well it is a Lifetime production so I wasn't expecting much. Expectations were at least met.
Still, A Day Late and a Dollar Short was decent enough given the acting was mostly good due to the veteran cast that, along with the underrated Whoopi Goldberg mentioned above, included Phifer, Ving Rhames, Kimberly Elise, and Tichina Arnold. Speaking of which, it's good to see Arnold getting recent work as I haven't seen much from her since the Martin sitcom days.
On the other hand, I can't rate this film too high because it was very very predictable and some of the over-the-top drama gave me flashbacks of films written and directed by Tyler Perry-and not in a good way. For instance, did we have to have both the mother and daughter following their spouses to the park/lake to discover he has another woman and possible child? Anyway, well it is a Lifetime production so I wasn't expecting much. Expectations were at least met.