Simple yet effective, funny yet meaningful.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

Tyler Perry means well, but there is no denying that all of this would work far better on daytime television.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 14, 2013

The dysfunctional script and operatically excessive direction ... land someplace closer to outsider art than bad moviedom.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 24, 2012

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2008

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 21, 2008

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

| Mar 1, 2007

A Tyler Perry tour de force!

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 19, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 1, 2006

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

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 23, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 22, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2006

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 6, 2006

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 17, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 11, 2006

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2006

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

Full Review | Mar 7, 2006

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

| Mar 7, 2006

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 4, 2006

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.

| Mar 3, 2006