I think most critics are too hard on Tyler Perry's films. Granted this wasn't the perfect film, but I still found more good than bad in it. There were some casting issues that have to be questioned. Do we really believe that someone that looks like Denise Richards would have the slightest interest in someone that looks like Eugene Levy? Madea was hilarious. Some folks have a problem because the character is based on ethnic stereotypes, but to me that is what makes the character funny, because she is an exaggeration of those stereotypes. It kind of reminds me of Blazing Saddles, which I didn't know until recently was co-written by Richard Pryor. Some folks just take themselves way too seriously.
Madea putting the verbal smack-down on Cindy was great. I also like that they didn't load the film up with F-bombs like a large number of films these days do. The bit with Madea taking the bellboys $20 tip back, and giving him only 50 cents was a riot. The outtakes during the credits are even funnier than the movie.
The drawbacks are that they do have some gags that are not funny. Eugene Levy plays pretty much the same character he always does. There is also a weird storyline between Madea's brother and the grandmother for the white family played by Doris Roberts, who sports her old Archie Bunker's Place hairdo in the film.
Madea putting the verbal smack-down on Cindy was great. I also like that they didn't load the film up with F-bombs like a large number of films these days do. The bit with Madea taking the bellboys $20 tip back, and giving him only 50 cents was a riot. The outtakes during the credits are even funnier than the movie.
The drawbacks are that they do have some gags that are not funny. Eugene Levy plays pretty much the same character he always does. There is also a weird storyline between Madea's brother and the grandmother for the white family played by Doris Roberts, who sports her old Archie Bunker's Place hairdo in the film.