I really enjoyed this movie. I was never a fan of Madea's sequels but after I watched Madea's witness protection, I appreciated the beauty in the dialogs and the punch lines built into the situations.
I respect how Tyler Perry creates and develops a concept and that, of course, has a lot to do with his theater background which is more dialog and story driven than anything else.
From many fan based comments I know, even if I'm am not a follower of his work, that he has over exposed Madea in some of his past movies and plays; a thing that didn't ruin this movie at all, because it was notorious how Madea stayed out of the spot light long enough between scenes for me to find this experience enjoyable.
Anyways the cast was great and the synergy between them made this movie motivate me to watch any movies that are part of this franchise or sequels of this character's first movie.
The lovely things: I enjoy Madea's accent a lot, with all her slang words I don't even know half of the time which word she is saying; however it all makes sense once the sentence is completed. I enjoyed seeing Kathy Najimy in this movie; I think her performance was amazing; she is a long run actress that made the perfect fit. I don't have much reference of Larry the cable guy's acting, just the comedy, but he also did a great job. I also enjoyed seeing Alicia Witt so immersed in her careless fashion mom type of character, she is so beautiful, even when she goes all natural.
The unholy things: Sometimes Tyler Perry was just laughing his ass off while delivering a line, which is so unexpected for such a seasoned theater actor (I'm talking about a serious or regular line with no punch line or implied joke). However, the show must go on, especially if the director is not witnessing how unreal his lines feel, since he is the one delivering them the wrong way and not watching himself. I didn't love JR Lemon's performance because he seemed so into posing all the time; I know that can be a cover-up and they can blame it on the character profiling but it seemed a bit unnatural for me.
Another thing: Was it me or there was NO establishing shot of the school whatsoever. I already know the school was the same farm house, but Tyler Perry could've borrowed a real school's facade for this movie's purposes. A challenge of borrowing an actual school to make a movie is the type of thing that his Studios probably don't face. I am having that issue right now, while shooting a Christmas short film that takes place at a boarding school that we pretty much had to recreate while we were approved to shoot at the school for less days than we really needed to.
A good director like Tyler Perry knows how important establishing shots are in a film, to give the audience that feel of watching content outside of the TV studio or the Theatre setting; but I guess it wasn't possible to find that school on a rush that approved them for taking a facade shot.
In conclusion I give this movie 7 IMDb star and I think is a must watch. If you love Madea, the whole movies' set can be a classic collection for your heirs to own.
I respect how Tyler Perry creates and develops a concept and that, of course, has a lot to do with his theater background which is more dialog and story driven than anything else.
From many fan based comments I know, even if I'm am not a follower of his work, that he has over exposed Madea in some of his past movies and plays; a thing that didn't ruin this movie at all, because it was notorious how Madea stayed out of the spot light long enough between scenes for me to find this experience enjoyable.
Anyways the cast was great and the synergy between them made this movie motivate me to watch any movies that are part of this franchise or sequels of this character's first movie.
The lovely things: I enjoy Madea's accent a lot, with all her slang words I don't even know half of the time which word she is saying; however it all makes sense once the sentence is completed. I enjoyed seeing Kathy Najimy in this movie; I think her performance was amazing; she is a long run actress that made the perfect fit. I don't have much reference of Larry the cable guy's acting, just the comedy, but he also did a great job. I also enjoyed seeing Alicia Witt so immersed in her careless fashion mom type of character, she is so beautiful, even when she goes all natural.
The unholy things: Sometimes Tyler Perry was just laughing his ass off while delivering a line, which is so unexpected for such a seasoned theater actor (I'm talking about a serious or regular line with no punch line or implied joke). However, the show must go on, especially if the director is not witnessing how unreal his lines feel, since he is the one delivering them the wrong way and not watching himself. I didn't love JR Lemon's performance because he seemed so into posing all the time; I know that can be a cover-up and they can blame it on the character profiling but it seemed a bit unnatural for me.
Another thing: Was it me or there was NO establishing shot of the school whatsoever. I already know the school was the same farm house, but Tyler Perry could've borrowed a real school's facade for this movie's purposes. A challenge of borrowing an actual school to make a movie is the type of thing that his Studios probably don't face. I am having that issue right now, while shooting a Christmas short film that takes place at a boarding school that we pretty much had to recreate while we were approved to shoot at the school for less days than we really needed to.
A good director like Tyler Perry knows how important establishing shots are in a film, to give the audience that feel of watching content outside of the TV studio or the Theatre setting; but I guess it wasn't possible to find that school on a rush that approved them for taking a facade shot.
In conclusion I give this movie 7 IMDb star and I think is a must watch. If you love Madea, the whole movies' set can be a classic collection for your heirs to own.