Synopsis
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.
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Cast
- Tyler PerryMadea / Joe / Brian
- Derek LukeJoshua Hardaway
- Keshia Knight PulliamCandace "Candy" Washington
- Ion OvermanLinda Davis
- Sofía VergaraT.T.
- Vanessa FerlitoDonna
- Viola DavisEllen
- David MannMr. Brown
- Tamela MannCora Simmons
- RonReaco LeeChuck
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Tribune
If the movie is a mess, it's a purposeful mess, cannily, if not artfully, pushing all the right buttons to ensure Perry will be back for another round. - 60
New York Daily News
Though he plays two other roles, Perry only really cuts loose when he dons Madea's housecoat, turning her into a devilishly funny voice of reason. Likewise, the movie tenses up when she's offscreen, becoming the sort of moralistic soap opera we've seen from Perry before. - 58
The A.V. Club
Madea's physical comedy is loud enough to wake the dead, but its drama is just as excessive. In a neat bit of economy, Perry stages a wedding that doubles as a breakup, and triples as the villain's crowd-pleasing comeuppance. Now that is some serious multitasking. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
It's a tale soggy with the kind of race/class lessons that Madea, the director-star's battle-ax alter ego, doles out far more handily (and entertainingly) in a single church-lady-from-hell zinger. - 50
Variety
Wildly uneven effort, which is notably more strained and slapdash than such earlier efforts as "Madea's Family Reunion" and "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns." - 50
Boston Globe
There is, however, Viola Davis, who might win an Oscar tomorrow for her one scene in "Doubt." Her part here - a minister combing the street for crack-whores to rescue - is about three times as large. - 50
Salon
It's great that Perry has seized opportunity for himself and for the performers he employs. But has he succeeded only in creating a kind of ghetto for black-themed entertainment that's of sub-par quality -- one that, admittedly, makes him a lot of money? - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
For all its staleness, the melodramatic main story does contain enough good acting and resonant scenes.
