1/5

All the while Madea's wit, which is refreshing on the stage, feels spurious and often misfires.

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06/21/08

N/A

If there's one thing that Reunion doesn't lack, it's good intentions. Unfortunately, good intentions don't automatically guarantee a good movie.

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03/01/07

4/4

A Tyler Perry tour de force!

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02/19/07

3/5

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12/30/06

2/4

Although his work isn't high art and is occasionally problematic, he's telling stories that aren't often told. And for that, this black woman can't be too mad at him.

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11/01/06

1/5

While not nearly as offensive or dim-witted as Diary, this one's still a gigantic mess.

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07/23/06

2/4

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07/22/06

1/5

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05/06/06

2.5/4

It's interesting that nobody ever connects the dots between Madea's frequent corporal punishment of children (which is presented as instructive comedy) and the abusive grownups who function as Perry's villains.

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03/17/06

2/5

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03/11/06

3/5

Nothing that happens seems the least bit believable, and everything is brash and loud. All that's missing is the laugh track.

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03/10/06

N/A

Perry's vaudevillian shamelessness and indifference to committee-approved taste are energizing and frequently jaw-dropping.

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03/07/06

N/A

Tyler Perry's heart is in the right place, but he still has a tin ear.

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03/07/06

N/A

Though she's its major draw, Madea actually appears in less than a quarter of the movie, and when she is onscreen she seems a shadow of her former self.

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03/03/06

1.5/4

At times it feels as if Perry made three separate films, dumped them in a blender and hit the puree button.

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03/03/06

1.5/5

Perry is a shameless panderer and his movie is cliché-ridden, rudimentary, completely unfocused and about as subtle as a wind-breaking contest in church.

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03/01/06

B

Let's not sell Tyler Perry short. As the vinegar-witted Madea, he's a drag performer of testy charm, but in his overlit patchwork way he's also making the most primal women's pictures since Joan Crawford flexed her shoulder pads.

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03/01/06