
Madea Goes to Jail (but not for long)
Review created: 11/15/06(updated 05/09/07)
52 of 55 people found this review helpful.
Tyler Perry is Madea and the Madea series creator genius. Madea is a "post-menopausal" woman of color who is a hilarious straight shooter always telling it like it is, complete with physical demonstrations that are filled with antics.
Though I am now a Perry and Madea fan, this one is a filmed theater performance that winds up being an one stage Christian hymn singing revival. That turned me way off. So did the fact that Perry used many of the same punch lines from Madea's family Reunion in this far less well performed filmed stage performance.
I recommend Madea's Family Reunion way above this one. Though the product description says Madea Goes to Jail comes AFTER Madea's Family Reunion, in Madea Goes to Jail, Tyler Perry announces his intention to create Madea's Family Reunion. I don't know for certain which came first. But I do know which one is best and it's not this one. Again, the long Christian hymn singing revival style at the end ruins this film. It makes the film a Christian religion ONLY one and therefore losing Tyler Perry's gift for being diversified and inclusive.
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