 | 映画原題: Madea's Family Reunion [ 映画邦題: マディズ・ファミリー・リユニオン] : 話題注目作劇場公開映画 |  | |  |  | |
 | Madea's Family Reunion : 本国映画ライターによる映画の内容 with イングリッシュ : English Description of Story |  |  |  |  | Amazon.com:When pistol-packing, chain-smoking granny Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) invites her family over for the weekend, chaos is sure to follow. First they gather for her sister Irene's funeral and then for the wedding of her granddaughter, Lisa (Sonya Evans). Naturally, nothing goes as planned. The rest of her extended family include daughters Cora (Tamela J. Mann) and Vickie (Pebbles Johnson), granddaughters Jackie (D'Atra Hicks) and Tina (Zakiya Williams), and irrepressible neighbor Mr. Brown (David Mann). The urban inspirational comedy, which was followed by popular spin-off Meet the Browns, takes place between the two events as family members attempt to heal their differences through quips, scriptures, and gospel-oriented numbers. Written, produced, and directed by Perry (who co-wrote the music and lyrics), Madea's Family Reunion was filmed in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana in February 2002. A feature film version starring Blair Underwood and Lynn Whitfield is planned for 2006. --Kathleen C. Fennessy |  |  |  |  | | | | | Madea's Family Reunion : 現地ハリウッド市民の評価 : 英語批評版 : Native Evaluation | | | | |  Need More Madeas / 2006-03-02
I didn't enjoy this movie as much as I thought I would although it has to perform a difficult task by balancing domestic violence,black pride and faith with scatological humor. You have to hand it to Tyler Perry though; he is remarkably talented, so much though that I think he bites off more than he can chew sometimes. Madea may be judicious in her use of violence, but not everybody is in the real world. Her approach is funny but it would land her in jail nowadays. What you love about Madea is that she "just doesn't care." The way the sister broke her engagement at the end would also probably land her in jail... but we all vicariously enjoy the justice of it all. All in all it was over the top, but the actors are great to look at, and it was fun to see Maya Angelou in the film. | | | | | | | | | | | |  More Family Reuion, No Madea! / 2006-02-28
As a sat in the dark cinema getting ready to experience last weekends number 1 hit MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION, I entered in with a little curiosity and left with a lot of confusion. Namely why? Who in their right mind thought this should have been filmed? Who in their right mind thought that it would work? and how can I possibly write a review of this movie without ripping it to shreds?
It would be so easy. MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION is a bad movie. It's a bad melodrama and it's overbearing main character sucks the life out of the film causing any bit of honest reflection to fall out of favor. But then for the brief moment it looks like the film could redeem itself. The whole direction of the film just changes for the good. There is a brief moment that is so compelling, and interesting. It actually got me thinking of an idea for a much better movie. But I'll get to that in a minute.
MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION is based on Tyler Perry's successful traveling play of the same name. It' a story of two sisters, Lisa and Vanessa. Lisa is about to marry the most eligible man in Atlanta, everything looks perfect. But he's beating her. Vanessa is living with her Aunt Madea, trying to provide for her two young children. She's also nursing some deep rooted fears that she comes face to face with as a hot young bus driver begins wooing her. Their Mom is a evil witch of women whom has all but given up on Vanessa and is forcing the marriage between Lisa and her abusive fiancﾃｩ for her own financial gain.
Over seeing all of this is Madea. She's an over the top, tough as nails, and just plain sassy women whom ascribes to the idea that "sparing the rod, spoils the child." She's been dragged into court and is forced to take in a young foster daughter or go to prison. By the way if you didn't already know Madea is played by this films writer, director, and producer Tyler Perry. He also stars as a cousin and Medea's flatulent husband.
There is a lot in this movie. Too much in fact. It plays like a very special episode of "Blossom" with one piece of conflict after another. Then without much fanfare each problem is neatly wrapped up and then Madea acts like a sassy Grandma, and her husband farts. That is whole movie in a nutshell. Not one moment of any subtlety, not one moment of honesty, just sit-com action and issues that are glossed over. Scene after scene just clunk into themselves, of course their were moments that made me laugh, and at least it was somewhat watchable. But, had I not plunked down my six bucks I probably would have the urge to walk right out (I've never walked out of a movie before, so I probably wouldn't have, but the idea was in my head and that's all that matters).
But then something much more interesting occurred. The family reunion portion of the film takes over. Madea disappears for a long time and for twenty or thirty minutes the film offers a glimpse of African American culture that just blew me away. These few scenes felt honest, real, and were handled with passion. Cicely Tyson shines as the long suffering aunt whose motivations are loving and yet she pulls no punches. The film didn't resort to Madea's clowning and pulled off a much more poignant outcome . Her final speech was the heart and soul of this movie. Had it ended here the film would have been much harder to rip apart.
But alas Madea jumps right back in and kills the whole thing. The final act of the film is both sad and pathetic. If I were in a room with Mr. Perry I'd really ask him what the purpose of Madea in this story? If you removed her from the film would it have hurt the film in any way? Why not put Tyson in the role as the wise Aunt and not yourself in a dress? The best parts of this film did not include Madea, so why force her into the movie?
In all fairness I can understand why this material would work in a live theater environment. Big characters like Madea are fueled by audience reaction. Melodrama works better in the theater as well so I can understand why his plays are so successful. But as a film MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION is a waste.
Post Script: I have a million dollar idea if anybody wants it: why not make a dramatic realistic film about the typical African American family reunion. It is a compelling idea that could make a very good film. So run with it, and skip this movie. | | | | | | | | | | | |  madea does it again!! / 2006-02-27
I saw this movie and really liked it. I love Tyler Perry, and I have seen all of his playwrights, so I was really exicited to see the movies. This movie will make you cry, and the soundtrack is the bomb. I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see a good-hearted film, with lots of jokes to go along with it. | | | | | | | | | | | |  What a Breathtaker / 2006-02-27
All I can say is that this movie was amazing I saw it on the release date and the next day on that Saturday! I loved it so much to anyone who hasnt saw it you are missing out because this movie is a thriller filled with nothing but laughter and the love of family. It is guaranteed to bring families together spiritually and physically!!! | | | | | | | | | | | | Probably works better on-stage...I wanted to like this film / 2006-02-27
Being from Chicago, I've heard much about the talented Tyler Perry. I am duly impressed by the many hats he wears as writer, director, producer, music director, and of course,
actor(s)in the movie. Perhaps the stage show works better but the movie really appeared to be a loose plot that basically served to string together one joke in bad taste after another. I love the overall message of tough love, taking responsibility for your own actions, & treating all people, starting with your own race, as brothers & sisters. I suspect that's why such talented people as Cicely Tyson & Maya Angelou agreed to be a part of such a disjointed film. However the over-the-top performance Tyler gives as Madea, while probably effective on-stage, seems more of a caricature under the magnifying lens of the big screen. I also can't condone the violence that appears to be Madea's answer to everything. SPOILER ALERT: She slaps her sassy foster child into submission, she encourages her grand-daughter to throw scalding grits in the face of her grand-daughter's abusive husband-to-be, and so on. While this appears to work for Madea, I missed the part where she teaches courtesy, love, and respect for one's elders. Yet magically her foster child does a total 180 degree turn and suddenly displays all of these qualities. Where did these manners come from - fear?
While both of these instances especially the grit-throwing may be satisfying, is that really the message we want to spread? As we all know violence begets violence. As Ghandi said (and Dr. King seconded,"An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Go Blind". The lessons espoused at the end by Cicely Tyson while worthwhile seem preachy and out of place with the theme of the rest of the movie. The angels at the wedding while supposedly contributing to a grand theme couldn't help but make me think of a more gruesome reason that they would be hanging there. So while I applaud the intention of the film, I can't recommend it's short-comings as a film. I do find enough interesting ideas and earnest messages to keep hoping the next Tyler Perry film(as I'm sure there will be) will rise above these cinematic flaws and he will prove on the big screen to be the genius we know him to be. | | | | | | | | 
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