Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

vbleistein I love Medea! Reading negative reviews about Medea's Witness Protection, I agree with reviewers who get it; that is, they know also that Medea movies are all about Medea and are not meant to be compared to other movies, since that's not exactly relevant as Medea movies are in their own class. You either like Medea's character or you don't and if you don't, there's no reason to watch, knowing it's all about Medea. I personally totally marvel at Tyler Perry's Medea. She's hilarious and believable. There's few comedians who can do THAT! I'm not a Denise Richards fan either and don't care. I know she can't act. I also know Tyler Perry as Medea will always be funny and the enjoyment of watching Medea movies is because of Medea! If you dislike Medea you won't like the movies!

Benjamin Black I was amazed when I saw the trailer for this film and the cast came up! Eugene Levy! Doris Roberts! Romeo Miller! Tom Arnold! John Amos! Marla Gibbs! WOW! That was amazing! I saw the movie on DVD, and I was very impressed! This is a totally different take for Tyler Perry, and for a Madea movie! It was pretty good! I really like this movie! This is the first straight comedy by Tyler Perry, and this movie is funny! The Needleman family find themselves victims of a Ponzi scheme, and they have to stay undercover in the most unlikely place where anyone would find them: Madea's house. A White Jewish family now has to stay with Madea and Joe for a while. That alone is hilarious! While that's going on, we see a subplot where the matriarch of the Needleman family, Barbara, had a rendezvous with Joe many years ago, and now Joe may be George Needleman's father. I love this subplot! It is funny as all get out! You can't imagine the jokes that come out of this situation! It's really good! On top of that, it has a nice moral about valuing your family. The lesson is different here in the sense that it's something you just have to take. No one really says anything about it. My sister keeps complaining that she doesn't see a moral here; I can see why she says that, but in all truthfulness there is a moral in this movie.I would be lying if I said there isn't anything in this film I dislike. There are 3 things that really bother me in this movie. First of all, Romeo can't act. I'm sorry. I really like Romeo! He's such a positive person, and I love the work he and his father does to promote education and positivity in the hip-hop culture...but the man can't act. I didn't even think he could act back when he had his own show on Nickelodeon all those years ago. Secondly, WHERE WAS MARLA GIBBS IN THIS MOVIE?!? I was really excited to see her, and she was on screen for 30 seconds! WHAT?!? This bothers me because Marla Gibbs is a legend! She's paved the way for so many people, and she's done so much in the entertainment business! And, besides, she's in a Madea movie! The two are really funny - could you imagine the possibilities of those two together? But no, she has that quick moment as Madea and the children leave for school. But, oh wait, there's one other moment we see her again: at the end when there's a shot of the congregation in church. She's standing in the front row. But you wouldn't know she's there unless someone told you! WHERE'S THE REST OF HER?!? Why cut all her scenes out?! OK, here's my last problem with the movie: I think that the entire has a pretty good pace and runs pretty smoothly...until the last fifth of the film. From the time Madea gets dressed to the time George meets with Brian in his office, it moves pretty slowly. We see every event that takes place with the characters: they go through airport security, they get on the plane, they fly to New York, they go to their hotel room, they drive to where Madea's supposed to get the money - it's just way too slow! There are some funny moments that come out of some of these scenes, but they do move pretty slowly.On top of that, I think the element of using the "Ghost" movie is kind of a cop-out. I liked where the story had led us to, but then its way out of the situation comes through another movie. And with that, the ending isn't as suspenseful as I was hoping it would be. I would have accepted the slower pace if it was leading up to something suspenseful. Madea spends hours in the office getting this money, and she asks for the 13 s instead of the 12...but it's not suspenseful. She goes in, and she comes out. The deed is done, and we move on to the resolution of the movie. Yeah, I wish it was so much more than that.Those are my only problems with the movie. But, despite those things, I still love this movie. The stuff that's good outweighs the stuff that doesn't work. It's new, it's different, and it's funny! I really enjoy this movie! I enjoy it, and you should too! BOOYIKA!

lancecherubin I have not seen all of Tyler Perry's films, but I have seen most of them and this one was the worse I have seen by far. The story took forever to develop while I had to endure the terrible acting on the part of the guy from American Pie. Generally the acting in this film left a lot to be desired. Romeo for instance could not strike a balance between being too enthusiastic and being too relaxed. This movie was supposed to be a comedy but apart from Madea's wise cracks here and there, no one else was remotely funny. I got really annoyed at Madea's inability to understand certain words and her attempts at using a similar sounding word and trying to make a joke out of it. That method of humor was used and abused in this film and got pathetic after a while. I love Tyler Perry's dramatic films. They are touching, engaging and captivating but his comedies always seem to fall short just like house of Payne and meet the browns, two mediocre comedies that are just not funny. Please Tyler, get some creative minds for your comedies or stick to the drama.

lee-425-667576 I usually enjoy Perry's Madea movies, but this one was disappointing. The only scenes which were remotely funny were ones with Madea's typical banter. The scenes with Eugene Levy were simply painful to watch as he struggled to make his character's nervous frustration look funny. He failed miserably. This was just terrible casting. Even veteran actors like Doris Roberts and John Amos could not save this terrible cast and script. The script was very predictable and repetitious. There were too many cheap attempts at laughter that just did not make sense and demeaned the intelligence of the audience. For instance, two FBI officials show up (a man and a woman) and the man has a very high voice and the woman has a man's voice. Why? It was a very short scene randomly thrown in simply for a laugh, except it was not really funny. I think Tyler Perry is a very talented actor and director, but this was his worst effort yet.