Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

Name: Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 13, 2013
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 28
Cast: Chad Michael Murray, Kathy Najimy, Larry the Cable Guy, Tika Sumpter, Tyler Perry

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Lionsgate | Release Date: December 13, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Kathy Najimy, Larry the Cable Guy, Tika Sumpter, Tyler Perry

Summary: Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on a rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit for Christmas.

Director: Tyler Perry

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 100 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Dec 13, 2013

Madea is still a witty character, but the gutter wisdom of her tossed-off verbal hand grenades can’t shock us anymore; even the outtakes that play through the closing credits feel like reruns. Read full review

Kerry Lengel

Dec 17, 2013

A Madea Christmas, for all its narrative shortcomings, also has plenty of laughs. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Dec 13, 2013

By the standards of Tyler Perry’s Madea series, A Madea Christmas is better than average. Read full review

Peter Keough

Dec 16, 2013

It’s a Christmas nightmare, stuck with two obnoxious relatives who think they’re funny, and won’t shut up. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Dec 13, 2013

An exceptionally poor piece of holiday cash-in product, rushed and ungainly even by the low standard set by Perry's seven previous Madea films, yet it should be every bit as profitable. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Dec 13, 2013

A lump of cinematic coal Perry’s shoving into America’s stockings this holiday season. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Dec 13, 2013

A Madea Christmas belongs to a rancid strain of Yuletide trifles that feature awful people being terrible to each other for 90 minutes under the sway of insulting plot contrivances before the awfulness is climactically washed away in an avalanche of holiday sentimentality. Read full review

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RayS

Dec 13, 2013

This is the best Tyler Perry movie thus far very funny. It had us laughing all the way through. My wife and I both enjoyed it. The whole auditorium was filled with laughter.

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metalupyourass

Dec 15, 2013

seen this movie yesterday, i liked it, but the movie lacks alot of madea's funny side. she lost her hard side in this movie, alot of the humor is credited to larry the cable guy he really saved this movie

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MovieGoer14

Dec 20, 2013

A Madea Christmas isn't your typical type of comedy, although it is light hearted but sometimes rude, Madea's deep but weird sweetness is to surely please the watchers along with the laughs.

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preciouskiki

Dec 14, 2013

I've seen bits and pieces of Tyler Perry's movies on TV, but this is the first time I paid to see Madea on a movie screen. I must admit, I did enjoy it. It's not high art, but it has a good storyline, an appealing cast, and it's entertaining. It was a pleasant diversion on a snowy winter night.

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wvmoviefan

Dec 14, 2013

Tyler Perry knows how to make money from movies; my wish is now he'd make a really great movie! His problem is always the same the story board. There are always wonderful moments of genuine laugh-out-loud situations/dialogue but he weighs his films down with predictability (young boy'sTyler Perry knows how to make money from movies; my wish is now he'd make a really great movie! His problem is always the same the story board. There are always wonderful moments of genuine laugh-out-loud situations/dialogue but he weighs his films down with predictability (young boy's story) and disbelief (car save and transformation of Conner, oh, and milking a bull.) Enjoyed this but won't remember much about it; with his talents he needs to aim for more than a trip to the bank!… Expand

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manningn15

Dec 8, 2018

This movie was funny and touching at moments. Tyler Perry performance was great. It wasn't spectacular but it wasn't horrible. It wasn't as good as I was hoping.

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2thepoint

Dec 23, 2013

Please dear god, show me your mercy and erase my memory. I saw one of these movies before and let me tell you, the 'silly black man cross dressing into crazy elderly black woman' cliche' is simply not funny AT ALL. None of his movies have ever been funny, he just doesn't have it. HisPlease dear god, show me your mercy and erase my memory. I saw one of these movies before and let me tell you, the 'silly black man cross dressing into crazy elderly black woman' cliche' is simply not funny AT ALL. None of his movies have ever been funny, he just doesn't have it. His ignorant racial slurs and absolute disregard for his own self respect is dreadfully painful to watch. As he is an obvious advocate for racism, id like to state my opinion in that Tyler Perry is a complete and utter disgrace to blacks and an absolute abomination to humankind. This no talent ass clown will never get better, because he simply is a terrible filmmaker that had no talent to began with. Please god strike him down for the sake of sanity.… Expand

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