Madea's Family Reunion
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: February 24, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4
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75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Let's not sell Tyler Perry short. As the vinegar-witted Madea, he's a drag performer of testy charm, but in his overlit patchwork way he's also making the most primal women's pictures since Joan Crawford flexed her shoulder pads. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Madea's a riot, but what makes this richer, more textured follow-up to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" so fascinating is the way Perry - a first-time director adapting his own hit play - shifts on a dime from a silly fart joke scene to one of intense, Sirkian melodrama. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Too long and its tone is disconcertingly uneven, but Perry never betrays or condescends to his characters. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneChris Jones
Gussied up for the big time, Perry now is aiming himself squarely at a mainstream, middle-class female audience -- with some sops for their dates. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Perry's soap opera story lines are awful, with their nobly suffering sistas, gorgeous do-right men, and shamelessly materialistic dream endings. But the movie's message of gospel joy and racial pride couldn't be more sincere, and Perry gives an impeccable comic performance as the title character. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJim Ridley
Perry's vaudevillian shamelessness and indifference to committee-approved taste are energizing and frequently jaw-dropping. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Perry makes sure villains get their comeuppance, while heroines get big, frilly weddings - with God, and an imperious Maya Angelou - presiding over it all. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Tyler Perry offers another blithely unbalanced mix of low comedy, sudsy sentiment and spiritual uplift in Madea's Family Reunion. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Both Ms. Angelou and Ms. Tyson deliver powerful, touching messages. Just as they're sinking in, the film turns into an unabashed chick flick with a painfully gaudy wedding that includes live angels hanging on wires from the ceiling. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Perry is a playwright, and his dialogue here is usually entertaining. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Neither good nor so-bad-it's-good, Perry's odd oeuvre has an allure all its own. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Madea's Family Reunion represents an advance on Diary, if only because it dials down Madea's shtick (she no longer waves a gun around) and irons out some of those awkward tonal transitions. The chance that Perry's followers will leave disappointed is approximately 0 percent. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Reunion is an awkward compound of paradoxical tones and ideas... But one shouldn't underestimate Perry's ability to make such contradictions work and get away with the most wretched excess. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
When you've got Maya Angelou and Cicely Tyson in the kitchen, laying on the sophomoric laughs is just plain stupid. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
Too bad the story is so predictable and the big wedding scene, in which women dressed as angels dangle from the church ceiling strumming harps, is cornier than an Orville Redenbacher factory. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A disappointing sequel to the far funnier "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Read full review
20
Film ThreatMatthew Sorrento
All the while Madea's wit, which is refreshing on the stage, feels spurious and often misfires. Read full review
12
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
What ends up on screen is confused storytelling that tries to solve too many social and family problems, sends mixed messages and, even worse, makes you laugh during parts when it's trying to be dead serious. Read full review
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