When the camera switches back her purse is sitting on the table between her and Brown again. Quotes Aunt Bam : Let's sing the baby a nursery rhyme User reviews 42 Review. Top review. Typical Tyler Perry fare. Nothing more, and nothing less. I have to make a confession.
I watch Tyler Perry's Madea films. Now, I think they're all FAR from perfect films, but at the very least, I do enjoy watching the portions featuring Madea.
Such was the case of my latest viewing, Madea's Big Happy Family. It's a bit embarrassing to say, but let's just get down to my review. First of all, we have a tangled web of subplots. The mother of a family, Shirley, is devastated to discover that her case of cancer has worsened, prompting her to plan a family dinner to tell her children about her condition.
This includes her daughters, Kimberly and Tammy. Kimberly is a secretive woman Improperly focused character 1 , and Tammy is having trouble with her marriage, and her two disobedient children. This also includes Byron, a man on an unlucky streak, having served jail time for selling drugs, and behind on paying child support to his insufferably obnoxious ex-girlfriend.
There's also some drama between Cora and Mr. But leave it to Madea to set things straight, and not be afraid to beat the living hell out of anyone who steps out of line.
This movie is textbook Tyler Perry. As always, he gathers together a cast that could have been quite good, with good material, but their characters are inconsistently written, and their focus tends to blur because the script is overly cluttered with subplots.
It's not a problem because they're hard to follow They really aren't , but it's because it doesn't give these characters all the attention they deserve. This isn't even mentioning Tyler Perry's ubiquitous switch in tone. His rhythm moves as comedic scene, dramatic scene, comedic scene, etc. I think the comedy portions are better than the dramatic portions, but the flip flopping between the two makes things feel dull. At the end of the day, I didn't emotionally connect with the story like I feel I should have.
For once, I wish Perry would construct a film that's sure of what it wants to be. FAQ 3. What is "Madea's Big Happy Family" about?
Is "Madea's Big Happy Family" based on a book? How does the movie end? Details Edit. The next day, Aunt Bam tells Madea about Shirley's cancer prognosis and the family's situation, to which Madea promises to gather all Shirley's children for another dinner that evening.
She goes to Harold's auto repair garage where Tammy works with him and authoritatively demands her and Harold to go to the family dinner. After she does so, Tammy then gets called by a client, and Madea takes the opportunity to discipline Tammy's two unruly sons for their disrespect, putting fear into them. She then goes to Byron's workplace, but she finds him outside, since he was fired for being late as he spent the night in jail.
It is revealed that the manager played by Palmer Williams, Jr. Madea then brusquely demands that he is at the family dinner as well and threatens him if he does not come. She proceeds to Kimberly, whom she finds her showing clients a new house, as it is revealed that she is a real estate agent, and she peremptorily yells at her to attend the dinner after Kimberly attempts to ignore her. Meanwhile, Mr.
Brown loses a lot of blood during his surgery and the doctor asks Cora to donate some. When she does, she finds out that she doesn't have the same blood type as him, implying that he may not be her real, biological father. At dinner later on that night, Tammy and Kimberly have a vicious argument that leads to Tammy revealing that Kimberly had a child at 13 years old.
Later that night, for the first time at Madea's urging, Harold puts his foot down towards Tammy and tells her to start respecting him more. Tammy and Harold then sort their problems out: Harold started acting weak because Tammy kept undermining his authority and pushing to be the dominant one in the relationship, and he was fed up with the constant bickering and power struggle between them that resulted, which also caused their sons to have no respect for their parents or anyone else.
After dinner, Kimberly and Calvin continue to fight, which results in Calvin leaving and taking their son with him, much to Kimberly's dismay. The next day, when Byron and Renee go to the drugstore, they see Sabrina on "Maury" via the store's TV, humiliating Byron and demanding her child support. This finally pushes Byron over the edge. Zilcell Jun 11, Not only is the movie nonstop funny from start to finish, the cast also makes great use of the story and each person gets enough screen time.
It also teaches the life lesson that parents need to stay in control. Its a Tyler Perry movie. So of course it uses comedy and over the top melodrama to carry it. But it was still pretty fun to sit through. MarcDoyle Apr 26, I laughed my butt off through much of this movie. No, it won't win any awards, but if you don't think this is funny movie, you're taking life a little too seriously.
Madea's message of putting parents back into an effective position of authority is important. It's an excellent cast, and I laughed my butt off through much of this movie. It's an excellent cast, and Tyler Perry keeps delivering. Bring on the next! FilmVirtue Feb 20, This film was not good.
But It's also hard to hate. I like Madea and Tyler Perry. Shocking to say but the works of Tyler Perry are entertaining Occasionally entertaining. Like I said, I don't hate it, but it isn't exactly good. Shiira May 18, This time the role-reversal stratagem isn't the stuff of science fiction, when in Sanaa Hamri's "Something New", a black female corporate executive and her friend help themselves to champagne flutes sitting atop a gold platter carried by the white help.
She belongs at that lavish engagement party, admiring the azaleas and lavender in the landscaped garden situated alongside the French-style mansion owned by a waspish old woman, who treats this black woman as an equal, without ceremony.
Poles apart from the segregated world of Sirk's "Imitation of Life", in which a light-skinned black girl passes herself off as white in order to be accepted by a wider breadth of society, Kenya gains entrance into white circles, hair weave and all, because she's united through the fellowship of social class. Born into privilege, Kenya has no past to escape from, unlike Kimberly, who in this film, uses her elegance and sophistication as a weapon against the family she despises for being poor.
Whereas Sarah Jane rejected her mother for being a "Negro", it's not skin color, but rather the perception that Shirley is too "ghetto" that rankles Kimberly. The real estate agent isn't at all ashamed of being black. It's the sort of black family she was born into that is the problem.
Such elitism, in just about any other film, would be frowned upon in an instant. Of course, there are exceptions to any rule, and that's the case here, because this black woman's roots, in all honesty, gives credence to her revulsion.
Tyler Perry. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The next generation has a lot to learn. In her own way, Madea expresses how deliverance won't change you to be someone else, but it will allow you to be who you really are. Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia In this play the character Aunt Bam is introduced and played by Cassi Davis, this character is feature in later Tyler Perry productions.
User reviews 7 Review. Top review. It's not a movie? And, having watched a few of his movies in the past, I was thinking: "OK, it's not going to be an action movie tonight but I should be able to get through and even enjoy it.
It was at that moment that she uttered those feared words: "It's not a movie, it's a play. No less than five minutes later, I shocked myself by laughing out loud until I had tears in my eyes. I was amazed at how his writing could take you from tears of laughter to tears of sorrow and back again like a roller-coaster ride. And while you are on this incredible ride, Mr. Perry is also weaving a tapestry of spiritual character and good old common sense that everyone can learn something from.
When it ended I wished that it would have gone on longer. I was shocked when I realized that I'd been watching it for two and a half hours already! OH, and for those of you that can 'feel' music, and you know who you are, Mr. Perry has given you many gifts in this department also.
When I wrote this review the IMDb rating was 4. Even taking into account the unusual number of flakey or half brain dead people walking around today, it still amazes me that someone could watch this play and give it a very low rating. Details Edit.
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