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Divided between sincere melodrama and populist comedy, Madea Goes to Jail fails to provide enough laughs -- or screen time -- for its titular heroine.
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Monika Fabian
As ridiculous as his films frequently are, Perry, a shrewd yet benevolent showman, knows and loves his audience. February 25, 2009 | Full Review…
As ridiculous as his films frequently are, Perry, a shrewd yet benevolent showman, knows and loves his audience.
Melissa Anderson
The women's prison dramedy I wanted never really happens. February 23, 2009 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The women's prison dramedy I wanted never really happens.
Wesley Morris
Perry's playing-to-the-cheap-seats drag shenanigans hijack a morose street melodrama every 15 minutes and haul it into places even Flavor Flav fears to tread. February 23, 2009 | Rating: c+ | Full Review…
Perry's playing-to-the-cheap-seats drag shenanigans hijack a morose street melodrama every 15 minutes and haul it into places even Flavor Flav fears to tread.
Nathan Rabin
Adapting his own play, Perry has pared the plot way back while giving his law-breaking matriarch more room to run free. February 23, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Adapting his own play, Perry has pared the plot way back while giving his law-breaking matriarch more room to run free.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Perry brings his own sensibility to every movie he makes and has enjoyed great success by following his own path. But he leaves you wanting more. February 23, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Perry brings his own sensibility to every movie he makes and has enjoyed great success by following his own path. But he leaves you wanting more.
Bill Goodykoontz
Continues Perry's improvement as a filmmaker and will undoubtedly please his growing legion of fans. September 15, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4.0 | Full Review…
Continues Perry's improvement as a filmmaker and will undoubtedly please his growing legion of fans.
Richard Propes
Until Perry decides one way or another what tone he is going to approach with his projects, the results will continue to be frustrating. May 22, 2019 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
Until Perry decides one way or another what tone he is going to approach with his projects, the results will continue to be frustrating.
Micheal Compton
Unfortunately the movie isn't about Madea going to jail at all. That would have been a funny movie. September 12, 2017 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
Unfortunately the movie isn't about Madea going to jail at all. That would have been a funny movie.
Candice Frederick
A half-silly/half-moralistic story about how it is never too late to turn things around, "Madea Goes to Jail" is as wispy as whipped cream, but also as easy to consume. November 26, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
A half-silly/half-moralistic story about how it is never too late to turn things around, "Madea Goes to Jail" is as wispy as whipped cream, but also as easy to consume.
Dustin Putman
A tedious melodrama stuck on top of shrill comedy, and the two parts are both the worse off for the combination. February 10, 2012 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…
A tedious melodrama stuck on top of shrill comedy, and the two parts are both the worse off for the combination.
Tim Brayton
Perry clearly knows what his fans like, and he gives it to them -- by the shovelful. But for those not so tuned to his talents, Madea Goes to Jail is two excruciating hours of hard time. September 29, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Perry clearly knows what his fans like, and he gives it to them -- by the shovelful. But for those not so tuned to his talents, Madea Goes to Jail is two excruciating hours of hard time.
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