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List Price: $28.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 31 reviews)
Sales Rank: 241
Category: DVD
Publisher: Lions Gate
Studio: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Label: Lions Gate
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 031398193289
EAN: 0031398193289
ASIN: B000F9SO0O
Release Date: June 27, 2006 (New: Last 30 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: February 24, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Tyler Perry, impresario of the gospel theater circuit, brings his gun-toting granny-drag persona Madea back to the big screen in Madea's Family Reunion, a sequel to the surprise hit Diary of a Mad Black Woman. In addition to being saddled with an unruly foster teen (Keke Palmer, The Wool Cap), Madea has two troubled nieces: Lisa (Rochelle Aytes, White Chicks), who's engaged to an abusive and controlling investment banker (Blair Underwood, Something New); and Vanessa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson, The Second Chance), who can't open herself to the affection of a bus driver/artist (Boris Kodjoe, The Gospel) because of childhood abuse. Wreaking havoc on both of their lives is their mother Victoria (Lynn Whitfield, Eve's Bayou, in delirious wicked witch mode). Like Madea's previous outing, Madea's Family Reunion may induce mental whiplash--the movie zips from a discussion of flatulence to a jazz-backed poetry reading to domestic violence (Underwood, perhaps eager to leave his bland good-guy image behind, is genuinely scary), or from an act of horrific revenge to a staggeringly gaudy wedding. Though schizophrenic and morally questionable (beating an adult women is clearly wrong, but whipping a child with a belt in the name of tough love is apparently good), the movie is definitely unpredictable and never dull. Also featuring Cicely Tyson (Because of Winn-Dixie) and the poet Maya Angelou. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 If you want to be confused... July 24, 2006
Ok. I am a fan of Diary of a Mad Black Woman- it is one of my favorite movies. Maybe that's why I am so dissapointed by Family Reunion. It is done very poorly, there is no connectivity between the scenes, jumping from an attempted murder scene *Carlos informs his fiance that if he can't have her no one will and tries to launch her off the apartment patio* to a light-hearted scene. This movie does not flow. Tyler Perry seems to have tried to tackle a movie that includes too many stories that don't really come together.
This movie does make it clear beating a woman isn't right, but by throwing hot grits in the perpertrators face a beating him with a frying pan is ok gives the wrong message, as does Madea beating her foster daughter for lying. It says abuse is ok in certain situations- he should have stuck with one or the other- by doing both he sends a unsettling message.
Also, the acting and dialouge was terrible. Really. The few good lines were butchered because of the added dramatics. I know the message was for black men to own up and be responsible and for black women to treat themselves with more respect- which is fine... but it also could be construed as all young black men and women are lacking in morals by portraying them as gamblers and stripper-esk dancers. I think this scene could have been done in a far more tasteful manner.
The message is good but the acting and script are too over the top for me to even think about taking this movie seriously. Save your time and money and just stick with Diary of a Mad Black Woman.
 Suprisingly deep for a comedy July 22, 2006
I was very much suprised at how deep this movie goes into so many relevant issues facing people today. Tyler Perry approaches all of them with seriousness coupled with a good belly laugh.
 A Family Affair July 21, 2006
Something about these Madea movies never lets a single one get 5 stars. The thing is that they all suffer from cheesy moments. Truth be told that this one is much better than the last one, Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, but it still has enough cheese to open up a Madea factory. The story this time around is about a woman in a bad relationship. She is being abused by her husband and although it is VERY hard to watch at times, as they say, revenge is sweet. The acting is not bad, the cast is likable for the most part, and the story seems solid. The humor is better thant he last movie and this one seems to balance it with the drama very well, unlike the last one which was over dramatic. Not a bad movie i must say.
 I love Tyler Perry... July 21, 2006
....but something just didn't set right with me though..maybe the smacking the kids around in the beginning. I thought that sent a bad message..although, I can see myself acting like that if I was Madea! Madea's character will always keep me in stitches. This movie is much more serious than Diary. There were more cuss words in this..and more abuse. I let my daughter watch this without prescreening the content and I regret not doing so. I suggest going to a content reviewing site before allowing a young teen to watch.
Carlos Looks Hungry July 19, 2006
Director: Tyler Perry
Duration: 107 Minutes
Honestly if I had not been on a twelve hour plus plane ride from Tokyo to Atlanta this past Monday I would have never watched this film. However, with a brain nearly in a catatonic state and being unable to fall asleep anything was welcome. Yet, even under these circumstances, this film really pushed the anything limit.
Set in Atlanta, Madea's Family Reuion, yes, the same Madea in The Diary of a Mad Black Woman, tells the intertwined stories of Madea's family consisting of the likes of Vanessa a single mother of two, Lisa who is in a very abusive relationship with a man her mother set her up with, and Joe an overweight, loudmouth who suffers from flatulence and enjoys letting everyone know that he does so. Without any sort of real order the film jumps from one relative's story to another. One scene depicts Lisa getting beaten by her fiance Carlos, the next shows Madea beating her foster child, apparently the depiction of a man beating a woman is bad while the image of a loudmouth woman smacking a child with a belt is supposed to be humorous and also her beating up a kid on a bus is supposed to be the height of comedy, etc., to long drawn out sequences of the impossibly perfect Frankie declaring his love for Vanessa. Combine these various sequences together and one truly does have a stinker of a film.
However, it is not actually the plot outline that makes Madea's Family Reunion a bad movie. What makes it a bad movie is the truly bad acting. Almost all of the characters come off as extraordinarily wooden with both their narratives and their body movements overly done. Some scenes especially those between Carlos, Blair Underwood, and Victoria, Lynn Whitfield, are almost painful to watch because of the ham-fisted dialogue. Also the obligatory strong, black family speech is thrown in, twice actually, after the aged matriarch of the family sees her male kin gambling and her female skin gyrating and sporting skimpy clothes. I guess this was a good way to not only use the oratory talents of Cicely Tyson but Maya Angelou as well.
While this film might be good enough for a long, boring plane trip, I don't believe that it should be used for anything else. However, it does contain a scene with a pot of grits that would surely make Al Green squirm.
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