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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe film is best appreciated as a showcase for the hugely popular titular character, with Perry tearing into the role with hugely entertaining comic gusto.
- So satisfying and surprisingly fun.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGlenn WhippLos Angeles TimesGlenn WhippThat there is little difference in tone between the end credits gag reel and the previous 100 minutes represents a triumph of consistency that Burt Reynolds, even in his heyday, never achieved.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhile I was watching Madea's Big Happy Family, I couldn't deny that it PLAYS. Madea, as always, is a figure of towering low-down wit.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreStuffed to the gills with Perry's mix of the sacred and the silly and a serious dose of self-help for the self-absorbed.
- This time the suds outweigh the humor, and to its credit Mr. Perry's script doesn't duck tragic consequences.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonAnother lumpy mix of broadly played ethnic comedy, deadly serious soap operatics, and aggressively rousing religious uplift. Picture may help him reconnect with faithful fans.
- 45MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeAs an insult comic, Madea has gone the way of her low-hanging bosom. There's little pleasure in watching her go off, and Perry's direction is reliably drab: Sitcom setups dominate, with strange blown-out lighting occasionally swapped in for the flat tones of a WB soundstage.
- 33The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinEverything is pitched to jarring emotional extremes of good and evil, joy and pain, chitlin'-circuit broad comedy, and melodramatic speeches.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPerry's characters have always been drawn with broad strokes, as heroes or villains. In this case, all the villains are young women, and all the young women in this film-without exception--are monstrous.