Madea's Family Reunion (Full Screen Edition)

Buy This Item Madea's Family Reunion (Full Screen Edition) by Lions Gate  Available from Amazon  $14.99  on 8-25-2008     Tyler Perry, impresario of the gospel theater circuit, brings his gun-toting granny-drag persona Madea back to the big screen in <I>Madea's Family Reunion</I>, a sequel to the surprise hit <I>Diary of a Mad Black Woman</I>. In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen (Keke Palmer, <I>The Wool Cap</I>), Madea has two troubled nieces: Lisa (Rochelle Aytes, <I>White Chicks</I>), who's engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker (Blair Underwood, <I>Something New</I>); and Vanessa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson, <I>The Second Chance</I>), who can't open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist (Boris Kodjoe, <I>The Gospel</I>) because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of their lives is their mother Victoria (Lynn Whitfield, <I>Eve's Bayou</I>, in delirious wicked witch mode). Like Madea's previous outing, <I>Madea's Family Reunion</I> may induce mental whiplash--the movie zips from a discussion of flatulence to a jazz-backed poetry reading to domestic violence (Underwood, perhaps eager to leave his bland good-guy image behind, is genuinely scary), or from an act of horrific revenge to a staggeringly gaudy wedding. Though schizophrenic and morally questionable (beating an adult women is clearly wrong, but whipping a child with a belt in the name of tough love is apparently good), the movie is definitely unpredictable and never dull. Also featuring Cicely Tyson (<I>Because of Winn-Dixie</I>) and the poet Maya Angelou. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I> Reader Reviews I absolutely love this movie.We can watch it over and over again. Definitely would recommend.

Madea's Family Reunion (Full Screen Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $14.99 Updated on 8-25-2008.

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