When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.
Though no one would cite him for the cinematic qualities of his visually pedestrian films, Perry is a master conductor of emotions.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
14 Sep 2009
fresh:
It is easy to knock the Tyler Perry formula, but you have to give the man credit: He knows how to create meaty roles for women.
– Randy Cordova,
Arizona Republic,
15 Sep 2009
rotten:
If the Atlanta impresario is just bored with cranking out two adaptations a year of his earlier stage work, the audience is getting restless, too.
– Melissa Anderson,
Village Voice,
15 Sep 2009
rotten:
Narratively and grammatically dim redemption pap.
– Nick Schager,
Time Out New York,
16 Sep 2009
fresh:
Contrived, sentimental, tonally bipolar, and as predictable as clockwork, this latest from chitlin' circuit impressario Tyler Perry is just a fat slab of ecstatic entertainment.