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Madea Goes to Jail
This time the mysterious grandma in the person of Tyler Perry is headed for jail, but at least she had the opportunity to change someone for good.
31 July 1970, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
17 June 1953, Canton, Georgia, USA
1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
November 26, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
July 03, 2009
Madea is the antithesis of the moralistic soapbox Perry's movies stand on, which is why she is usually the enjoyable ingredient in his films.
February 23, 2009
If the movie is a mess, it's a purposeful mess, cannily, if not artfully, pushing all the right buttons to ensure Perry will be back for another round.
February 23, 2009
Adapting his own play, Perry has pared the plot way back while giving his law-breaking matriarch more room to run free.
August 03, 2009
Madea's antics held me captive.
February 10, 2012
A tedious melodrama stuck on top of shrill comedy, and the two parts are both the worse off for the combination.
November 26, 2013
A half-silly/half-moralistic story about how it is never too late to turn things around, "Madea Goes to Jail" is as wispy as whipped cream, but also as easy to consume.
February 23, 2009
The women's prison dramedy I wanted never really happens.
September 29, 2011
Perry clearly knows what his fans like, and he gives it to them -- by the shovelful. But for those not so tuned to his talents, Madea Goes to Jail is two excruciating hours of hard time.
February 23, 2009
Perry's playing-to-the-cheap-seats drag shenanigans hijack a morose street melodrama every 15 minutes and haul it into places even Flavor Flav fears to tread.
February 23, 2009
Perry brings his own sensibility to every movie he makes and has enjoyed great success by following his own path. But he leaves you wanting more.
February 25, 2009
As ridiculous as his films frequently are, Perry, a shrewd yet benevolent showman, knows and loves his audience.
September 12, 2017
Unfortunately the movie isn't about Madea going to jail at all. That would have been a funny movie.