
Madea jumps into action when her niece Shirley receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly, and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It's u... (Full plot summary below)
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Madea jumps into action when her niece Shirley receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly, and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter - and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.
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| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher Smith"Madea's Big Happy Family" is an assault on the senses. I'm still trying to figure out how "Afternoont" and a pancreatic tumor equate in humor, but, hey, maybe Perry's a pioneer of comedy, too. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe film is best appreciated as a showcase for the hugely popular titular character, with Perry tearing into the role with hugely entertaining comic gusto. |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsMelodramatic tough love as meaningful group therapy! |
| AV ClubNathan RabinEverything is pitched to jarring emotional extremes of good and evil, joy and pain, chitlin'-circuit broad comedy, and melodramatic speeches. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonAnother lumpy mix of broadly played ethnic comedy, deadly serious soap operatics, and aggressively rousing religious uplift. Picture may help him reconnect with faithful fans. |
| Movies.comDave WhiteI've been waiting patiently for Perry to make a Madea film that suits my tastes and I think this is the one. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanI've liked most of Perry's previous films, but this one didn't quite connect with me to the same degree. I think that's because you'd have a hard time finding a single scene that doesn't run on too long. |
| San Antonio Current Kiko MartinezIs so obnoxious, annoying, unfunny, and downright hateful, that watching lunatics freaking out on stage during a paternity episode of Maury Povich would be better received. |
| Slant MagazineRob HumanickMadea's advice is shrill but sound, a dose of fork-in-your-eye gadflyism for a me-me-me society in dire need of it. |
| New York TimesAndy WebsterThis time the suds outweigh the humor, and to its credit Mr. Perry's script doesn't duck tragic consequences. |