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Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Spanish, Dubbed, Dolby Digital (5.1)
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. As the reunion approaches, secrets are revealed and tensions rise. Madea must use every tactic in her arsenal to not only keep the peace but also keep her family together.
"Madea's Family Reunion is a great deal of fun..." Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
Editor's Note
Tyler Perry follows up his DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN with more of his unique fusion of soapy melodrama, poetry, spirituality, romance, and raucous humor based on his popular stage play. This time around, the drama centers on a pair of half-sisters struggling to overcome the oppression of their materialistic mother (Lynn Whitfield). Weak-willed daughter Lisa (Rochelle Ayetes) is being pushed into marriage with an abusive investment banker (Blair Underwood), while Vanessa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson) is unable to trust the love of too-good-to-be-true Brian (Boris Kadjoe). It may be a bit jarring at first to veer from harrowing scenes of domestic abuse to hilarious scenes of Tyler in his dual role as the tough-talking grandma Madea (here also raising a troubled foster kid) and her flatulent brother Joe, but it works, especially when Cicely Tyson and poet Maya Angelou show up as old relatives at the reunion; their powerful presence provides the weight to anchor everything down. Hearing Tyson pour her heart out while addressing the young people at the reunion from the porch of an old slave shack--Angelou at her side--is an unforgettably moving experience. This is the work of a daringly original comedian and filmmaker; fearlessly confrontational and generous of heart (without being corny), MADEA is three kinds of great: gut-bustingly funny, socially progressive, and genuinely inspiring.
| Features | "Audio: English, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound" | | "Audio: English, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo" | | "Featurettes: ""The Making Of Madea's Family Reunion"", ""Marriage, Madea Style"" & ""Gayner Plantation""" | | Audio Commentary By Director Tyler Perry | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Making The Music | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English & Spanish | | Trailers |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 9/9/2008 |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 19327 | | UPC: 00031398193272 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (2006) | | | Tyler Perry, Nominee, Best Comedic Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety.com 7 of 10
Making his debut as a feature helmer, Perry evidences an uncertain grasp for the mechanics of moviemaking. (For example, he has yet to fully master the concept of matching shots.) Even so, judging from the audaud response during an opening day screening, he evidently knows how to score with his target demographic. - Joe Leydon
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