Tyler Perry’s movies are surprisingly liberating in light of their seriously preachy nature.
The visionary playwright/screenwriter/director/actor returns after the enormous success of “Diary Of A Mad Black Woman” as 68-year-old Southern matriarch Grandma Mabel “Madea” Simmons in a homespun story set in Georgia where Madea restores some semblance of self-respect to her diverse family at their family reunion.
Domestic violence, incest and greed are some of the issues that boil over in this sweet and sour comedy that adheres to theatrical guidelines that are seldom politically correct.
A lively R&B soundtrack and impressive cameo performances by Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou invigorate the finely drawn burlesque.
Rated PG-13. 107 mins.
