Meet the Browns (2008)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (play)

Release Date:

21 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Check your baggage at the door.

Plot:

A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family. |

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Construction Site | Loss Of Father | Letter | Stuffed Animal

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tyler Perry	...	Madea / Joe
David Mann	...	Leroy Brown
Tamela J. Mann	...	Cora Brown
Angela Bassett	...	Brenda Brown
Lance Gross	...	Michael Brown
Chloe Bailey	...	Tosha Brown
Mariana Tolbert	...	Lena Brown
Rick Fox	...	Harry
Sofía Vergara	...	Cheryl
Irma P. Hall	...	Mildred
Frankie Faison	...	L.B. Brown
Margaret Avery	...	Sarah Brown
Jenifer Lewis	...	Vera
Lamman Rucker	...	Will
Kristopher Lofton	...	Calvin

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, language including sexual references, thematic elements and brief violence.

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44114)

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Tyler Perry Company, The

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): L.B states that Brenda is a product of his father's old ways, long before he married the mother of Leroy, Vera and himself. However, this would make Brenda older than the three of them, and it is clearly obvious (and also stated) that Brenda is the youngest of them all.

Quotes:

[discussing the various women their deceased father dated]
Leroy Brown: What about our mama?
L.B. Brown: [with a disgusted facial expression] Nasty ho.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

Soundtrack:

In the Home

Unfortunately, my first Tyler Perry movie

Pity my poor friend who spent all day telling me how hil-lar-ious Tyler Perry movies are, tsk-tsking all day that I had not ever seen one of his movies. Chuckling about how funny this was going to be and how i was going to run right out and rent all the others. Sadly, she spent the whole rest of the evening over coffee and cannoli reflecting on how great Tyler Perry's OTHER movies were. I forgive her - we're friends.

This movie was OK - it had its funny moments and good Lord don't we ALL have those family members? I don't care if you're black, Italian, Jewish or white-bread American - we've ALL got that same cast of characters sitting around our family table.

And OK, i understand that unless i saw the other movies i would not have a clue who Madea is or why she's being chased by the police. But that's OK - i can let an inside joke slide, especially considering the huge hoot and roar that accompanied her appearance.

Overall, i understand that this was not Tyler Perry's finest hour. But i sense that he has a LOT to say about families, standing proud, sticking with convictions when the rest of the world says "settle for less" and working hard to overcome circumstances. I will go out and rent his other movies, just to get a more fair picture of this filmmaker.