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...countless plays—is not principally concerned with Madea, nor with her going to jail. After playing the quick-witted, ill-tempered, church-resistant elderly woman in two other films (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Madea??s Family Reunion”), Tyler Perry has here subordinated the storyline of his most interesting alter-ego to a far less compelling central plot.Like Perry’s other Madea movies, “Madea Goes to Jail” has two sets of characters: a regular cast that consists...
...does every kid dream about? Scoring the final goal in a soccer game? Getting an Xbox for Christmas? Well, after seeing “Akeelah and the Bee,” it will undoubtedly be winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.Akeelah (Keke Palmer, “Madea??s Family Reunion”), an underprivileged girl from the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles, takes on the prestigious spelling bee. Through her training, she learns more than just etymology—she receives an invaluable lesson about motivation, balancing proper English and slang, and even pre-pubescent...
Likewise, the runaway success of niche films has been a source of consternation for major studios. “Madea??s Family Reunion”—Tyler Perry’s follow-up to his 2005 cult hit “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”—topped the box office for two weeks despite being targeted almost exclusively at African-Americans familiar with Perry’s stage productions...
...Without Madea??s brazen comic relief, the film’s darker themes and overt religiosity would be intolerable. Perry strives not for emotional consistency but for a harmonious blend of disparate emotions. Diary’s tone is a compromise between the tragic and the ridiculous...
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