The family sits on the porch, plays catch in the front yard and attends several church sermons rather casually for a group supposedly hunted by hitmen.Īnother subplot involving a young church minister (rapper-turned-actor Romeo Miller) who lost all of his church's mortgage money in the Ponzi scheme seems completely arbitrary. After dropping off a dead rat at the Needlemans' doorstep (an obvious symbol that the script needed to explain in dialogue), the mafia threat disappears from the film entirely. What isn't tediously trite and cliché is useless, forgotten or both. It's best not to get hung up on the details of the movie's plot writer/director Perry certainly doesn't. There, George's much younger wife (the reliably flat Denise Richards), their two kids (Danielle Campbell and Devan Leos), and his senile mother (Doris Roberts) can hide while also learning valuable life lessons. While he searches through non-shredded documents, the family is placed in the safest place possible: Madea's inner city home in Atlanta (of course!). The government investigation, led by prosecutor Brian Simmons (played by a non-drag Tyler Perry), offers George some leniency if he cooperates with them and helps to bring down the mob. For the most part, the film follows the wealthy Needleman family, who get thrown through a loop when their patriarch, George (Eugene Levy, the movie's saving grace), unknowingly becomes the fall guy for a Ponzi scheme with ties to the mafia. Surprisingly, the famed title character doesn't appear on screen for about 15 minutes and doesn't get involved in the actual story until a half hour in. Instead, Perry's latest film, "Madea's Witness Protection," serves as an upsetting step back, featuring all of the flaws of his previous works with their few pleasures removed. Seven years later, he's directed twelve films, created his own studio in Atlanta and started two successful television shows.Īs the Perry brand has grown financially and in popularity, one would hope that the multi-talented showman would attempt to finesse his craft and push his creativity to higher levels. He erupted onto the film scene in 2005 with the surprise hit, "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," starring his most famous character, Madea. Like him or hate him, Tyler Perry has become one of the most profitable and influential men working in Hollywood.
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