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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
OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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