Madea Goes to Jail
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| Directed by | Tyler Perry |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry Reuben Cannon |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Tyler Perry Keshia Knight Pulliam Derek Luke Robin Coleman Jackson Walker Viola Davis David Mann Tamela J. Mann Sofia Vergara Bobbi Baker |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Editing by | Maysie Hoy |
| Studio | Tyler Perry Studios |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
| Release date(s) | February 20, 2009 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $90,508,336[2] |
Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 comedy-drama film adaptation written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on Perry's 2006 play of the same name. The play and the film deal with Perry's recurring character Madea Simmons going to prison for her uncontrollable anger management problems. The play starred Tyler Perry as Madea, Cassi Davis as Ella Kincaid and Cheryl Pepsii Riley as Wanda.
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[edit] Plot
After a high-speed freeway chase (as seen in Meet the Browns) puts Mabel "Madea" Simmons (Tyler Perry) in front of Judge Mablean, her trial is short-lived because the police officers did not mirandize Madea causing the judge to place Madea in an anger management course. After the trial, Brian (Tyler Perry) drives Madea, Mr. Brown (David Mann), and Madea's daughter Cora (Tamela Mann) back home from the court. After returning home, Madea finds a party taking place in her house by her brother, Joe (Tyler Perry). Madea uses a machine gun to scare the party goers away. Meanwhile, assistant district attorney Joshua Hardaway (Derek Luke) is on the fast track to career success. But, Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - prosecuting a young prostitute and drug addict, Candace Washington (Keshia Knight Pulliam), whom he is already acquainted with. Hardaway asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Davis (Ion Overman) to fill in on his behalf. But when Josh takes Candy out to eat and gives her his card in case she needed any help, Linda fears Josh may be cheating on her. Linda doesn't want Josh spending time with Candy, threatening to leave Josh and telling him he shouldn't be helping people like Candace. Linda believes Josh should only socialize with upper-class people.
In the car, Cora, who is driving, told Madea about her anger management resolutions. During the middle of the conversation, a Cadillac CTS cuts ahead of them. After both of vehicles cross the intersection, Madea smashes her daughter's Chevrolet Uplander into the car ahead, causing it to deviate sharply to the right into the church site. At Dr. Phil's office, Madea consults with him for anger management course, but the consultation came to a bad ending when Madea answered a question with a same question he asked. Back in Madea's house, Madea called Cora to talk about sitting in the beauty salon for over 5 hours. While on the phone, Cora asks for some time with herself, causing Madea to get angrier than before. After Madea hung up the phone, Joe warned her that she will get into trouble if she go to the store, but Madea ignores him and goes anyway. After Madea uses a fork lift to remove Pontiac Solstice from her parking space at a at a K-mart, she is arrested. After Judge Judge Mathis discovers that Madea has a record of such behavior, he sentences her to prison for 5 to 10 years. Outside the court house, Ellen (Viola Davis) asks Joshua how he knows Candace. He tells Ellen that they were close friends from childhood through college, until one night when he took her to a party. He ended up leaving Candace behind at the party, where a group of his friends gang raped her, for which Joshua continues to harbor deep-seated guilt. Joshua asks Ellen to help Candace, Ellen gets her a job interview, but it results in sexual harassment by the interviewer, whom Candace kicks in the groin before ending it.
At the district attorney's office, Joshua's friend, Chuck (RonReaco Lee), another lawyer, runs into Linda, whom he discovers is falsifying Candace's file to deliberately get her sent to prison, a practice in which she has been engaged with other defendants as well, including Madea and Candace's friend Donna. Linda tells him to keep his mouth shut or she'll tell the head ADA that Chuck cheated on his bar exam to get his job.
Candace runs away from Josh's apartment and is back on the streets working as a prostitute until she gets picked up by an undercover cop. When Candace ends up in prison, she discovers Donna (Vanessa Ferlito) and Madea are there as well. While in prison, Madea befriends Candace, protecting her in a "motherly" way, and fights with Big Sal (Robin Coleman) who always flirting with and sexually harassing Candace. Candace, Madea, and Donna all attend a class taught by Ellen at the prison, mostly to get time off of their sentences.
On Joshua's wedding day, Chuck, who is Joshua's best man at the wedding, tells Joshua that Linda had falsified Candace's file to get her sent to prison and away from Joshua. During the wedding ceremony, Joshua tells the entire congregation with their boss in attendance what Linda did. Josh leaves Linda at the altar while still in his wedding tuxedo. He then rushes to the prison where he kisses Candace and admits that he loves her. Because of the now-revealed news of Linda's tampering with client files, there is a public outcry and a protest movement gains momentum to set Madea, Candace, and the others free. Candace, Madea, and some other women that Linda prosecuted have their convictions overturned and are released, and it is revealed that Linda will go to prison for her crimes. Madea goes home with Mr. Brown, Cora, and Brian along with Candace going home with Joshua.
[edit] Cast
- Tyler Perry as Madea / Joe / Brian
- Derek Luke as Joshua Hardaway
- Keshia Knight Pulliam as Candace "Candy" Washington-Collins
- Tamela Mann as Cora Simmons
- Ion Overman as Linda Davis
- Sofia Vergara as T.T.
- Viola Davis as Ellen
- Vanessa Ferlito as Donna
- David Mann as Mr. Brown
- RonReaco Lee as Chuck
- Jackson Walker as Mr. Brackman
- Leon LaMar as Oldman
- Robin Coleman as Big Sal
[edit] Cameos
- Al Sharpton as Himself
- Whoopi Goldberg as Herself
- Sherri Shepherd as Herself
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck as Herself
- Joy Behar as Herself
- Tom Joyner as Himself
- Steve Harvey as Himself
- Michael Baisden as Himself
- Frank Ski as Himself
- Phil McGraw as Dr. Phil (Himself)
- Greg Mathis as Judge Mathis (Himself)
- Mablean Ephriam as Judge Mablean (Herself)
[edit] Release
[edit] Critical reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 28% of critics gave positive reviews based on 42 reviews with an average score of 4.9/10.[3] Another review aggretator, Metacritic gave the film a 50 approval rating out of 100 rating.[4]
Sam Adams of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2.5/4 stars and wrote that "if the movie is a mess, it's a purposeful mess, cannily, if not artfully, pushing all the right buttons to ensure Perry will be back for another round."[5]
According to a New York Times review,[6] the film gives Madea herself a much more central role than some of the previous Madea movies, in some of which she is merely a commentator on events.
The Boston Globe reports that "(Madea's) character epitomizes Perry's ongoing commitment to dramatizing as many rungs on the ladder of the black experience as he can. His aim never produces a completely satisfying or consistently competent-looking movie (his heart's in the right place, if not his camerawork)."[7]
[edit] Box office
On its opening weekend, the film opened at #1, and grossed $41,030,947 (2,032 theaters, $20,192 average), the biggest Friday to Sunday take since Twilight in November 2008. It broke Madea's Family Reunion weekend gross at $30 million as the highest weekend gross for a Tyler Perry film. It broke Saw III's record at $33 million for the highest weekend gross for Lionsgate Entertainment. "We were cautiously optimistic we could do 30-plus," Steve Rothenberg said.[8] On its second weekend, it dropped 61 percent, but remained at #1 grossing another $16,175,926 (2,052 theaters, $7,883 average), bringing the 10-day gross to $64,525,548.[9] The film closed on April 23, 2009 with a final domestic gross of $90,508,336.[2]
[edit] Home media
An exclusive preview was included on the cinematic release of Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys.[citation needed]
Madea Goes to Jail was released on June 16, 2009 on DVD. According to DVDTown, the DVD included six behind-the-scenes featurettes. No Blu-ray version was released. As of July 12, 2009, 1,125,422 DVD units have been sold, gathering revenue of $18,223,621.[10]
[edit] For the(play)
[edit] References
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter p. 26 19/2/2009
- ^ a b "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madeagoestojail.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tyler_perrys_madea_goes_to_jail/. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "Madea Goes to Jail (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/madeagoestojail.
- ^ "'Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail' stars Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Ion Overman and Keshia Knight Pulliam'". Chicago Tribune. 2009-02-20. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-0220-tyler-perry-madea-goes-to-jail-review,0,6213350.story. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ New York Times, February 2, 2009
- ^ Boston Globe, February 21, 2009
- ^ "Madea Goes to Jail Makes Out Like a Bandit". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b101079_madea_goes_jail_makes_out_like_bandit.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for February 27-March 1, 2009". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=009&p=.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/MDGTJ-DVD.php
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Madea Goes to Jail at the Internet Movie Database
- Madea Goes to Jail: The Play at the Internet Movie Database
- Madea Goes to Jail at AllRovi
- Madea Goes to Jail at Box Office Mojo
- Madea Goes to Jail at Rotten Tomatoes
- Madea Goes to Jail on MovieSet
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