2006 · drama · comedy · romance
Madea's Family Reunion
Directed by Tyler Perry1h 49m2006
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.
Our read: Madea's Family Reunion (2006) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · comedy · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- redemptive
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