2013 · comedy · drama · supernatural
A Madea Christmas
Directed by Tyler Perry1h 39m2013
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
Our read: A Madea Christmas (2013) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · drama · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Watching A Madea Christmas tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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How A Madea Christmas feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want broad Tyler Perry holiday chaos with Madea steering the mess.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if lowbrow Christmas sitcom energy and racial soap drama irritate you.
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