Madea's Family Reunion
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| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry Reuben Cannon |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Tyler Perry Blair Underwood Lynn Whitfield Lisa Arrindell Anderson Jenifer Lewis Rochelle Aytes Boris Kodjoe Keke Palmer |
| Music by | Tyler Perry |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Editing by | John Carter |
| Studio | Tyler Perry Studios Reuben Cannon Productions |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
| Release date(s) | February 24, 2006 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $63,308,879 |
Madea's Family Reunion is a 2006 comedy-drama film adaptation of the stage production of the same name written by Tyler Perry and sequel to Diary of a Mad Black Woman. It was written and directed by Perry, who also played several characters, including Madea. It was released on February 24, 2006, nearly one year following its predecessor, Diary of a Mad Black Woman. The independent film was produced by Lionsgate.
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Plot [edit]
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While planning her family reunion, the pistol-packing grandma, Madea, must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her troubled nieces, half-sisters Lisa and Vanessa. One of them gets beat up and Madea is on to fix it. And the other is trying to find love
Cast [edit]
- Tyler Perry as Madea, Joe Simmons, and Brian Simmons
- Blair Underwood as Carlos
- Lynn Whitfield as Victoria Breaux
- Lisa Arrindell Anderson as Vanessa Breaux
- Rochelle Aytes as Lisa Breaux
- Boris Kodjoe as Frankie Henderson
- Keke Palmer as Nikki Grady
- Henry Simmons as Isaac
- Maya Angelou as May
- Jenifer Lewis as Milay Jenay Lori
- Tangi Miller as Donna
- Cicely Tyson as Myrtle
- Johnny Gill as Wedding singer
- Cassi Davis as Aunt Sarah
- Georgia Allen as Aunt Ruby
- Nicholas Ortiz as Himself
- Judge Mablean Ephriam (cameo) as Herself
- China Anderson as Nima
Soundtrack [edit]
The soundtrack was released by Motown Records on February 21, 2006.
- "Find Myself in You" - Brian McKnight - 4:14
- "We're Gonna Make It" - LL Cool J and Mary Mary - 4:54
- "Keep Your Head Up" - Chaka Khan - 4:34
- "Tonight" - Kem - 3:55
- "Everyday (Family Reunion)" - Chaka Khan, Carl Thomas, Yolanda Adams, and Gerald Levert - 4:48
- "Love and Happiness" - Al Green - 5:02
- "You For Me (Wedding Song)" - Johnny Gill 5:37
- "Family Reunion" - The O'Jays - 6:55
- "I'll Be" - Will Downing - 4:10
- "Wounds in the Way" - Rachelle Ferrell - 4:21
Release and reception [edit]
Box office [edit]
Madea's Family Reunion was budgeted at $6 million and opened at #1 in its opening weekend (2/24-26) with $30,030,661[1] and eventually grossed $63,257,940 in North America with an additional $50,939 internationally, tying $63,308,879 worldwide after 9 weeks in theaters.[2]
Small independent filmmaker Tyler Perry has garnered one of the highest wide-release openings to date in 2006, in both gross ($30 million) and screen average ($13,687).[3]
"The number one movie is Madea's Family Reunion, a small comedy/melodrama which grossed an astounding $30.3 million from 2,194 venues. It had a super-hot venue average of $13,787...."[4]
"Playing at 2,194 locations across North America, the film averaged a remarkable estimated $13,788 per screen, demonstrating the enormous breadth and depth of Perry's audience. The debut weekend of Madea's Family Reunion outperformed the opening weekend of Lionsgate's first Tyler Perry film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, by nearly 40 percent."[5]
Audience [edit]
The reasoning for the film's relative success,[1] according to Steve Rothenberg, Lions Gate president of domestic distribution, is due to its targeted market appeal, "I believe that we're in all the right theaters...I'm not sure there's much room for expansion."[6] To illustrate the point, Lions Gate's exit polls[6] showed 52 percent of the audience were black women over the age of 35.
Critical reception [edit]
Madea's Family Reunion received mixed reviews from critics. Metacritic gives the film a score of 45% based on reviews from 18 critics.[7]
References [edit]
- ^ a b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=08&p=.htm
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madeasfamilyreunion.htm
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=opening&yr=2006&p=.htm
- ^ http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9450
- ^ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060226/nysu016.html?.v=39[dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2013&p=.htm
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/madeasfamilyreunion
External links [edit]
- Madea's Family Reunion at the Internet Movie Database
- Madea's Family Reunion at Box Office Mojo
- Madea's Family Reunion at Rotten Tomatoes
- Madea's Family Reunion at Metacritic
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