Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

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Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Feb 24, 2006

Running Time: 107 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Maya Angelou, Rochelle Aytes, Jenifer Lewis, Tangi Miller

director: Tyler Perry

Madea's Family Reunion

An unstoppable force of nature, southern matriarch Madea may have finally taken on more than she can chew. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces Lisa and Vanessa are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all she has to organize her family reunion. As the reunion approaches, secrets are revealed and tensions rise. Madea must use every tactic in her arsenal to not only keep the peace, but keep her family together.

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion provides little more than very good acting. Tyler Perry's uneven story matches his uneven story-telling and makes one wonder how this really works so well on the stage.

Story

Last we heard, in last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea (Tyler Perry) was solving social, cultural and familial problems. What a busy lady! Well, she's done gone and done it again, after a whole new crop of problems pop up that need fixing. This time, the conflicts revolve…