By far the best thing about the enterprise is Woodard. If she's not in this thing, I think it goes kaput.
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09/15/08
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Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys treads the filmmaker's established terrain of family loyalty and moral uprightness, though the occasionally predictable plot slides forward, aided by an excess of soapy melodrama.
Theatrical Release:Sep 12, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $37,019,849
Synopsis: Academy Award®-winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award®-nominee Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama... [More]
Starring: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Tyler Perry, Cole Hauser
Director: Tyler Perry
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Reviews for Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
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Top CriticThe film takes off when Woodard's and Bates' characters go on a Thelma & Louise-style road trip.
09/15/08
Top CriticThe movie plays almost exactly like four daily soap episodes stitched together.
09/15/08
Top CriticAs usual, the villains are very bad, and the good guys are very noble -- until they get mad and clock their wives.
09/15/08
Top CriticIt's hard to resist the movie's mixture of soap opera, humor and heart-filled homilies.
09/15/08
Top CriticThe suds that cascade through Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys more than equal the cubic footage from nighttime soaps like Dallas, Dynasty and their offspring.
09/15/08
Top CriticThis mix of lovingly-written characters and terribly hokey plots makes for an uneven but occasionally engaging drama.
09/15/08
Top CriticA smart, satisfying movie experience.
09/15/08
Top CriticDefiantly old-school, undeniably entertaining, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys is a shiny, two-timing throwback to 1950s melodramas like Giant, those wellsprings of such prime-time soaps as Dallas and Dynasty.
09/15/08
Top CriticAs usual, morality prevails: Faith and family are key virtues, while lust and greed are duly punished, though Perry is getting better at disguising his manipulation.
09/12/08
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Latest News for Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
January 19, 2009:
ActorsAndCrew.com: Perry's trademark sitcomish sermonizing has lightened up a bit here to explore hot topic race and class issues, but his 'family values is the best revenge' anthem, is awash as usual in sudsy mayhem. 
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January 13, 2009:
Tyler Perry's trademark sitcomish sermonizing has lightened up a bit here to explore hot topic race and class issues, but his 'family values is the best revenge' anthem, is awash as usual in sudsy mayhem.
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