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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 49

Fresh: 15

Rotten:34

Average Rating: 4.9/10

Consensus: Angela Bassett's considerable charms can't compensate for Meet the Browns' incessant melodrama and scattered narrative threads.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Mar 21, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $41,939,392

Synopsis: Adapted from the stage play, TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS is a touching family drama and very funny romantic comedy rolled into one. Angela Bassett gives one of the best performances of her career as Brenda, a single mother trying to raise... Adapted from the stage play, TYLER PERRY'S MEET THE BROWNS is a touching family drama and very funny romantic comedy rolled into one. Angela Bassett gives one of the best performances of her career as Brenda, a single mother trying to raise three children, from three different men, in the Chicago projects. After the plant where she works with her best friend, Cheryl (Sofia Vergara), closes down, she can no longer afford her rent, electricity, or day care. But when a surprise letter arrives telling her that the father she never knew has died, and inviting her to the reading of the will and the funeral in Georgia, she has nowhere else to go, so she and her kids, Michael (Lance Gross), Tosha (Chloe Bailey), and Lena (Mariana Tolbert), head down south to meet her half-sisters and -brothers. Her newfound extended family includes the overemotional Vera (Jenifer Lewis), who is suspicious of Brenda; the wacky Leroy Brown (David Mann), who mangles the English language and wears some hysterical outfits; and the steady L.B. (Frankie Faison), who is married to the sweet and caring Sarah (Margaret Avery) and has become the patriarch now that Pops Brown has died. In the meantime, Michael, a high school basketball star, is being pursued by Harry (Rick Fox), a talent scout who is also interested in Brenda. Bassett is outstanding as the dedicated mother who sacrifices her personal life in order to do whatever she can for her children. But Mann nearly steals the show as the wild and crazy Leroy, especially during the funeral scene (outtakes of which run during the closing credits). Perry, the creator of such hit films as DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN and MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION as well as the television series HOUSE OF PAYNE (all of which feature recurring characters), also appears in the film as Uncle Joe and, in a riotous subplot, Madea, who is on the run from the law. [More]

Starring: Angela Bassett, Tyler Perry, David Mann, Tamela Mann

Starring: Angela Bassett, Tyler Perry, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Lance Gross, Chloe Bailey, Mariana Tolbert, Rick Fox, Sofia Vergara, Irma P. Hall

Director: Tyler Perry

Director: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Jul 1, 2008

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
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Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/16/08
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The inner-city melodrama is as sticky as ever, but the downhome Georgia comedy is genuinely funny.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
07/11/08
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
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Master of disguise Perry's tangled web of narrative threads range from poignant to positively awful.

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06/27/08
Prairie Miller
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On top of everything else, the direction is sloppy, the script is forced, and the whole thing feels like a bad hallmark film.

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06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
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Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
04/11/08
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Enjoyable movie about a nice family that contains some quirky characters

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04/04/08
Jackie K. Cooper
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perhaps Perry's time in the limelight may be shorter than he -- or his fans -- think.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/03/08
Bill Gibron
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Tyler Perry continues his exploration of the sense and sensbility of the African-American community with this fun-loving celebration of the possibility of second chances.

Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate | comment Comment
03/30/08
Susan Granger
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Oh my, what magic Angela Bassett can work!

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
03/30/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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...[the] latest sausage from writer-director Tyler Perry...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
03/28/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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By refusing to really get his hands dirty or to show the truth of the matter, Perry's work appears shallow and uninformed, thus begging the question: Is his work honest?

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
03/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Christianity Today
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The filmmaking is often sloppy [and] the plot has some elements that are ridiculous ... but Meet the Browns does have a major plus in Angela Bassett.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
03/27/08
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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Well, it took five tries, but Tyler Perry has finally made a good movie.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
03/27/08
Eric D. Snider
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The importance of faith, church, kin, staying off drugs, sharing food, repenting from sin, forgiving sinners, appreciating a good black man, rejecting a bad one, and honoring black matriarchy is enumerated with typical, reassuring Perry broadness.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
03/26/08
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Does take a preachy direction in the final half, it's otherwise a fulfilling experience with all around great performances with some raucous laughs to be had...

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
03/26/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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After the enjoyable Why Did I Get Married?, Meet the Browns is a woeful setback.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
03/26/08
Armond White
New York Press
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While I could never call Meet the Browns a good movie, I will say it has moments that suggest Perry might yet make one.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
03/26/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Unlike Diary, the drama here is buoyant enough to handle the contrast of its too-silly slapstick.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/25/08
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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By any aesthetic or cinematic standard, it is a terrible movie.

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03/25/08
Frank Lovece
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a disappointing follow-up considering Perry seemed to be on the verge of challenging himself as a filmmaker instead of settling into his old, more familiar niche.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
03/24/08
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)
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