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Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Let's not sell Tyler Perry short. As the vinegar-witted Madea, he's a drag performer of testy charm, but in his overlit patchwork way he's also making the most primal women's pictures since Joan Crawford flexed her shoulder pads.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesAnita Gates

  Both Ms. Angelou and Ms. Tyson deliver powerful, touching messages. Just as they're sinking in, the film turns into an unabashed chick flick with a painfully gaudy wedding that includes live angels hanging on wires from the ceiling.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  Tyler Perry offers another blithely unbalanced mix of low comedy, sudsy sentiment and spiritual uplift in Madea's Family Reunion.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden

  Neither good nor so-bad-it's-good, Perry's odd oeuvre has an allure all its own.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour

  Reunion is an awkward compound of paradoxical tones and ideas... But one shouldn't underestimate Perry's ability to make such contradictions work and get away with the most wretched excess.

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