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Movie Overview
Cast
Tyler Perry
Derek Luke
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Director
Tyler Perry
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for mature thematic material, drug content, some violence and sexual situations
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
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OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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3/5
"Not everything Madea says is gold, and yet the storyline will literally stop so we can hear the crazed crone go off for no particular reason."
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron
D
"Wouldn't be Perry if the film wasn't outrageously irrational, flimsily edited, acted with rafter-quaking severity, and scripted with Magic Markers. I'd feel cheated at this point if he actually made a concentrated effort to maintain a steady dramatic tone"
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
B-
"Tyler Perry continues to preach to the choir with his entertaining albeit stereotype-laced blend of melodrama and comedy."
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
B-
"Heaven help me, this Madea character is starting to grow on me."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
2.5/4
"if it doesn't work quite as well as some of Tyler Perry's previous efforts, it certainly isn't for lack of trying."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
"Parental Content Review"
Screen It!
Jim Judy
2/5
"Madea does go to the slammer in Tyler Perry's latest. Problem is, the time she serves isn't nearly as outrageous it might have been."
Boxoffice Magazine
John P. McCarthy
4/5
"Madea's antics held me captive."
3BlackChicks Review
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
"King of all media Tyler Perry gives fans what they want: irreverent, pistol-packin' big momma Madea, who's going to make those confused, disrespectful young people see sense if she has to slap it into them."
Film Journal International
Maitland McDonagh
2.5/4
"Pulliam lends the material emotional shadings that Perry does not write into the script himself."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
1.5/4
"Tyler Perry's roles as both populist entertainer and social preacher come into disconcerting conflict in the latest film."
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
5/10
"Silly yet crowd-pleasing and forgiveness-themed."
SSG Syndicate
Susan Granger
2.5/4
"Tyler Perry has brought back the zest in the character that made him a household name."
BlackFilm.com
Wilson Morales
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