Synopsis
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces, Lisa and Vanessa, are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all, she has to organize her family reunion.
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Cast
- Tyler PerryMadea / Brian / Joe
- Rochelle AytesLisa
- Lisa ArrindellVanessa
- Lynn WhitfieldVictoria
- Blair UnderwoodCarlos
- Boris KodjoeFrankie
- Keke PalmerNikki
- Cicely TysonMyrtle
- Maya AngelouMay
- Jenifer LewisMilay Jenay Lori
Recommendations
- 70
L.A. Weekly
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. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
Too long and its tone is disconcertingly uneven, but Perry never betrays or condescends to his characters. - 50
New York Daily News
Perry makes sure villains get their comeuppance, while heroines get big, frilly weddings - with God, and an imperious Maya Angelou - presiding over it all. - 50
Variety
Tyler Perry offers another blithely unbalanced mix of low comedy, sudsy sentiment and spiritual uplift in Madea's Family Reunion. - 50
The New York Times
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. - 50
Boston Globe
Perry is a playwright, and his dialogue here is usually entertaining. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Neither good nor so-bad-it's-good, Perry's odd oeuvre has an allure all its own. - 40
Los Angeles Times
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.
