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      Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys

      2008, Drama, 1h 51m

      43 Reviews 50,000+ Ratings

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      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. Read critic reviews

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      Despite their differences in social class, Charlotte (Kathy Bates) and Alice (Alfre Woodard) are good friends for many years. Then secrets, greed and scandal surrounding both their families throw the women's lives into turmoil. Charlotte and Alice set out on a road trip across the country, hoping to gain perspective and save the situation from ruin.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Brief Violence|Thematic Material|Sexual References)

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Tyler Perry

      • Producer: Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon

      • Writer: Tyler Perry

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $37.0M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Lionsgate Films

      • Production Co: Tyler Perry Company

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      • Oct 14, 2010

        Put Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in a movie together and how can you go wrong?? Can't in my opinion. This is a really good drama. Tyler Perry really seems to have a gift in creating entertaining and memorable movies. This is one of them.

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      • Jun 06, 2010

        This is a touching story of love, deceit, friendship and compassion where all the evil doers get theirs and the good people triumph. Kathy Bates (Charlotte Cartwright) and Alfre Woodard(Alice Pratt) both gave two of the best performances in this film. Once again Tyler Perry does what he does best; not only dealing with black and white but just people in general and a lot of actual things that happens in the corporate world. The title was purposefully chosen to be ?The Family that Preys?. The story line, referring to backstabbing, down and dirty, dysfunctional family dynamics where people sometimes prey together upon others and sometimes they prey individually on each other.

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      • Feb 20, 2010

        As always, Tyler Perry's movies deliver great performance and very entertaining plots of real life drama.

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      • Dec 31, 2009

        Good film, good performances. Tyler Perry is evolving as a filmmaker, this is his second best film [his best is Why Did I Get Married?].

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