Total Recall: Movies Directed by Tyler Perry

He's like Michael Bay. 1 decent film through an extremity of mediocre one. Except, I'm curious as to why people like I Can Do Bad. Anyways, it is a pleasure to see he has one decent film.

-James Gatz

May 8 - 04:40 PM

Dave J

Well he does have a faithful fan base which is no different than other fan bases! Just like they're fan bases for specific soap opera shows!

May 8 - 05:29 PM

When I went to watch Madea's Family (long story) no one laughed at all. I'm serious. All I heard was popcorn being eaten.

May 8 - 05:40 PM

Anthony Stokes

Micheal Bay has one really good film in Pain and Gain, Tyler Perry doesn't even have one good movie

May 8 - 05:54 PM

Dave J

Then the reason why some go to see Medea's Family was to see Tyler Perry wearing drag! But I'm just saying that whatever the reason people pay money to see him is irreverent when one can't dispute his financial numbers since a percentage of his films have actually made more money than it had cost to make! Perry is still a good investment for it's a matter of when he'll start to lose his cult following!

May 8 - 06:00 PM

@Anthony If you liked Pain&Gain, you must've liked the Rock (film, not actor)

@Dave J Didn't his last Madea film only made like 30 million US, but Temptation made like 51 million.

May 8 - 06:14 PM

Frisby 2007

@Anthony - The day Michael Bay makes a good film will be the day the world ends.

May 8 - 11:41 PM

I thought Michael Bay got of to a pretty good start with Bad Boys and The Rock (the latter being one very entertaining film and easily his best). Unfortunately since then he's been getting more and more over the top. Rather then trying to improve in storytelling, he's just been increasingly neglecting it.

As for Tyler Perry, I'll admit I've only seen a few of his films but I've always been baffled at what tone he's trying to achieve in them. One moment the scene will be very serious and the next it'll descend into complete slapstick. I mean how are you supposed to take the themes he's trying to tell seriously when a moment later Madea will saw a couch in half or lift up a car from her parking spot with a bulldozer?

May 9 - 02:31 AM

Trenton Ledford

Yes he is just like Michael Bay. All the film majors at my campus said the same thing. I actually like I Can Do Bad. That's the only film I thought was decent. I think I gave that film 3/5.

May 8 - 08:38 PM

John Tyler

Good Deeds, For Colored Girls, Madea's Witness Protection, and Alex Cross = Good IMO. Temptation = Mediocre. Others = Boring.

May 8 - 04:41 PM

This is embarrassing. The best thing he ever did was his cameo in Star Trek '09.

May 8 - 04:53 PM

I indubitably agree with your statement, David TANNY

May 8 - 05:10 PM

Well, at least we agree on something.

May 8 - 05:20 PM

I'm curious. What makes you a Mandingo expert?

May 8 - 05:24 PM

Bigbrother .

I wish they'd have put "directed" in quotes in the title since I'm not sure what Perry does meets the definition of the word.

May 8 - 04:55 PM

He's more of a businessman than a filmmaker.

May 8 - 05:37 PM

Adam Jones

Mr. Perry's films (and plays) are primarily for a subsection of African American women and no one else. In a sense, it admiral how he ignores professional critics. The fact that most movies coming out of Hollywood still feature mostly white actors in prominent roles makes Perry's movies stand out. I wish he had the talent of someone like Spike Lee for instance but I guess we just gotta deal with it.

May 8 - 05:15 PM

Janson Jinnistan

That's just insulting to black filmmakers. Yes they exist. Scott Sanders, Malcolm D. Lee, Dee Rees, Ava DuVernay, the British Steve McQueen. Hollywood could, conceivably, compete for his audience if they wanted to. (They don't) And Perry deserves scorn for not using his substantial wealth to finance and produce films by other young filmmakers (this negligence eliminates any good will anyone can say about his success). Perry, and Lee Daniels and the Wayans as well, are insulting in their portrayal of black people.

May 8 - 06:51 PM

Glad you brought up Steve McQueen. One of the best filmmakers working today.

May 8 - 07:21 PM

Alivia Smith

thank

May 8 - 09:41 PM

What about Precious? He produced that film, and did his best to raise awarness about it. His and Oprah's backing of the film are arguably the major reasons why such a bleak film was able to get so much attention before release.

May 9 - 02:03 AM

Andrew Milito

Seriously? ONE Fresh movie? This guy needs to just stop.

May 8 - 05:30 PM

Tell that to Michael Bay. Atleast Perry has more than 1 fresh film in his filmography (Star Trek)

May 8 - 05:46 PM

Typhon Q

I'm actually surprised that theres a fresh one on here.

May 8 - 05:54 PM

Onion Rovirosa

Sadly i believe critics and general white audiences cant accept films where black people are in starring roles that are not stereotypes of racial theme movies like django and the help or colorful characters like magic black man or whacky friends.
42 and Red Tails are both amazing films about outstanding black people doing outstanding things that are not drugs or jail related, yet they got panned for not being "real" enough. Give me a break.

Bravo Mr Tyler Perry! I feel you.

May 8 - 08:03 PM

Bigbrother .

Glory? Anything starring Denzel Washington and 80% of everything Sam Jackson. The Rock when he actually tries instead of doing video game/kid friendly movies, Morgan Freeman's entire body of work, Sidney Poitier, Jerry Maguire, Monster's Ball and many others serve as significant counterpoints to your argument. In fact I would argue that Tyler Perry's movies are part of the problem you state rather than the solution in that they foment the very stereotypes of what a "black movie" is. Red Tails was an alright movie, but it wasn't nearly as good as Laurence Fishburne's far superior The Tuskegee Airman which received a much better critical response and 42 has done very well for itself both critically and financially so I'm not sure what you're talking about there.

May 8 - 08:13 PM

David Miller

I'm sorry but it has to be said... Boyz n the Hood completely invalidates your argument. Also, how is Django a stereotypical movie? I'm not saying that there aren't any movies that don't handle race bad (lots of them handle it TERRIBLY) but it doesn't mean that people don't like movies starring black critics. Hell, Spill.com is a place I go to for some funny reviews and two of their 5 critics are black and even they don't like Perry. He just isn't very good.

May 8 - 09:10 PM

Matt Ritchey

I'll go ahead and admit that I only saw TEMPTATION, but that movie couldn't have had more negative racial and gender stereotypes in it if it tried. And more importantly, IT SUCKED. I don't care if it's an all-Asian cast doing a shot-for-shot re=enactment of MAMA MIA, if a movie is bad, it's BAD. There's only so long you can judge things based on racial misunderstanding or subjugation..... plenty of all-white films are terrible as well. PLENTY. And aside from negative implications about women, TEMPTATION had REALLY boring stereotypical characters (the boyfriend who works as a pharmacist has to have glasses and be quaint and geeky, even though the actor looks like an Adonis and OBVIOUSLY is miscast), predictable plot, poor dialogue, and terrible directing with bad framing. "Films for a _______ audience" is also just a very easy shield to hide behind and say "You don't understand and won't accept it" even if the fact is that your movie sucks.

May 8 - 11:53 PM

"Sadly i believe critics and general white audiences cant accept films where black people are in starring roles that are not stereotypes of racial theme movies"

Explain then why Will Smith is widely considered to be the biggest box office draw today, and Denzel Washington is not that far behind? And neither of them really use their race as a major theme in their movies (barring some exceptions like Remember the Titans).

And 42 recieved really positive reviews by critics and audiences. Heck the true life story of Jackie Robinson was arguably the major reason why critics gave positive reviews to the film despite admitting that it played things pretty conventional.

May 9 - 02:13 AM

Justin D.

It doesn't matter what any critic says, Perry is going to do what he does. His fans are rabidly loyal and are immune to any criticism of him and/or his work. To say I'm not a fan of Mr. Perry would be a gross understatement, but I get it; the man knows his audience and what they want so he gives it to them. He's making bank so I can't knock his hustle.

May 8 - 08:11 PM

David Miller

Granted, the EXACT same thing can be said about Michael Bay, just replace black women with teenaged boys.

May 8 - 09:12 PM

The Master of Movies

what happened to star trek..was he in that movie

May 8 - 09:47 PM

Bigbrother .

Movie's directed by Tyler Perry, he only had an acting cameo in Star Trek.

May 8 - 10:20 PM

Jess Kohs

my first thought seeing this link on the home page was "boy, this oughta be good."

May 8 - 11:14 PM

Frisby 2007

I'll give credit to the guy for trying. Nonetheless, his Madea movies are just movies to me. I don't like nor hate them. There are moments that make me laugh, other that just make me go 'meh'. Everything else, "I can Do Bad" is actually pretty good; yes it's corny & formulaic, but something about it makes it watchable to me, plus I find Taraji Henson hot (though not as hot as Meagan Good). I still actually want to watch Temptation, because the trailer was steaming good (I'll bet it's better than the movie), & I'm curious to see what Kim Kardashian did as an actress in it.

May 8 - 11:45 PM

Pat Hipsterkiller

Black Uwe Boll is Black

May 9 - 12:00 AM

Aneesh Raikundalia

seriously any black actor should realize why you are not being taken serious in hollywood: cause idiots like Perry dress up as women to illicit laughs from the audience. Here's what a talented black actor Idris Elba had to say about this "I don?t like all of Tyler Perry?s films. Yes, I did work with Tyler for ?Daddy?s Little Girls? because it portrayed a positive image of a black father. I am happy for Tyler?s success?we need Tyler Perry?by going to support his movies, we need to show economic strength. But we are also responsible for elevating film...I?m not with buffoonish characters like Madea or Big Momma."

May 9 - 12:29 AM