Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 54
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 40
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion is sincere in its positive intentions, but leaves something to be desired as a film.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 10
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion is sincere in its positive intentions, but leaves something to be desired as a film.
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Actor and playwright Tyler Perry returns as Madea, a brash but loving African-American grandmother with her own way of doing things in this screen adaptation of his popular stage comedy drama. Madea has her work cut out for her when she finds herself dealing with a handful of family crises the same weekend that she's planned a massive family reunion. Her niece Lisa (Rochelle Aytes) is engaged to marry a handsome and successful man (Blair Underwood), but the good news is blunted when she reveals
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Cast
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Tyler Perry
Brian, Joe, Madea -
Blair Underwood
Carlos -
Lynn Whitfield
Victoria -
Boris Kodjoe
Frankie -
Henry Simmons
Issac -
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Vanessa -
Maya Angelou
May -
Rochelle Aytes
Lisa -
Tangi Miller
Donna -
Keke Palmer
Nikki -
Cicely Tyson
Myrtle -
Georgia Allen
Ruby -
Afemo Omilami
Isaac Sr. -
John Lawhorn
Uncle Pete -
Richard Lee Reed
Bailiff #1 -
Elizabeth Omilami
Aunt Clara -
Johnny Gill
Wedding Singer -
Cedric Pendleton
Carlos' Man Friend -
Trey Rogers
Young Man at Reunion -
Michelle Griffin
Carlos' Woman Friend -
Jenifer Lewis
Jenay, Lori, Milay -
Judge Mablean Ephriam
Judge Ephriam -
Ryan Gentles
Stripper Policeman -
Shannon Eubanks
Secretary -
Cassi Davis
Aunt Sarah -
China Anderson
Nima -
Akhil Jackson
Jonathan -
Alonzo Millsap
Tre -
Leon Lamar
Grover -
Dale Neal
Kid #1 -
Deanna Dawn
Tyrequa -
Enoch King
Hykeem -
Ginnie Randall
Miss Samuel -
C.O.C.O. Brown
Poet/MC -
Jennifer Sears
Female at Reunion -
Emmbre Perry
Man on the Bus -
Jeronn C. Williams
Singer/Reverend -
Dale C. Bronner
Reverend -
Crystal Collins
Singer #1 -
Regina Murff
Singer #2 -
Rita Sands
Singer #3 -
Karnelle Smith
Singer #4 -
Stephanie Dotson
Singer #5 -
Joyce D. Williams
Singer #6 -
Philipia Williams
Restaurant Singer -
Steve Coulter
Maitre D
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All Critics (58) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (40) | DVD (8)
Nothing that happens seems the least bit believable, and everything is brash and loud. All that's missing is the laugh track.
Top CriticPerry's vaudevillian shamelessness and indifference to committee-approved taste are energizing and frequently jaw-dropping.
Tyler Perry's heart is in the right place, but he still has a tin ear.
Let's not sell Tyler Perry short. As the vinegar-witted Madea, he's a drag performer of testy charm, but in his overlit patchwork way he's also making the most primal women's pictures since Joan Crawford flexed her shoulder pads.
Family Reunion doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama and ends up as mostly a melodrama with scenes that would be embarrassing on a soap opera.
This movie's trailers promise a slapstick comedy about an obese black woman who takes no guff and enjoys beating people up. It isn't exactly, and that's a disappointment.
The dysfunctional script and operatically excessive direction ... land someplace closer to outsider art than bad moviedom.
All the while Madea's wit, which is refreshing on the stage, feels spurious and often misfires.
If there's one thing that Reunion doesn't lack, it's good intentions. Unfortunately, good intentions don't automatically guarantee a good movie.
This time out, the sassy senior citizen has toned-down her act to offset her trademark intensity with equal measures of inspirational advice.
A Tyler Perry tour de force!
Although his work isn't high art and is occasionally problematic, he's telling stories that aren't often told. And for that, this black woman can't be too mad at him.
As much as I liked this movie I can not deny that at times it's pretty messy. But I'm glad the family is back. .
While not nearly as offensive or dim-witted as Diary, this one's still a gigantic mess.
It's interesting that nobody ever connects the dots between Madea's frequent corporal punishment of children (which is presented as instructive comedy) and the abusive grownups who function as Perry's villains.
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