First, Elijah’s relationship with his father is pretty rocky, as Louis (Courtney B. Vance) expects him to grow up and take over the BBQ business, which Elijah resists. His mother Sylvia (Niecy Nash), a cancer survivor, tries to keep the peace between the two of them, but halfway through the movie her cancer comes back.
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