Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (play)

Release Date:

24 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Learn dignity. Demand respect.

Plot:

While planning her family reunion, a pistol-packing grandma (Perry) must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her love-troubled nieces. |

Plot Keywords:

Family Reunion | Melodrama | Family Crisis | Sister Sister Relationship | African American

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Tyler Perry	...	Madea / Brian / Joe
Blair Underwood	...	Carlos
Lynn Whitfield	...	Victoria
Boris Kodjoe	...	Frankie
Lisa Arrindell Anderson	...	Vanessa
Maya Angelou	...	May
Rochelle Aytes	...	Lisa
Jenifer Lewis	...	Milay Jenay Lori
Tangi Miller	...	Donna
Keke Palmer	...	Nikki
Henry Simmons	...	Issac
Cicely Tyson	...	Myrtle
China Anderson	...	Nima
Akhil Jackson	...	Jonathan
Alonzo Millsap	...	Tre
Georgia Allen	...	Ruby
Cassi Davis	...	Aunt Sarah
Leon Lamar	...	Grover
John Lawhorn	...	Uncle Pete
Afemo Omilami	...	Isaac Sr.
Ryan Gentles	...	Stripper Policeman
Mablean Ephriam	...	Judge Ephriam
Richard Reed	...	Bailiff #1
Dale Neal	...	Kid #1
Michelle Griffin	...	Carlos' Woman Friend
Cedric Pendleton	...	Carlos' Man Friend
Deanna Dawn	...	Tyrequa
Enoch King	...	Hykeem
Ginnie Randall	...	Miss Samuel
C.O.C.O. Brown	...	Poet / MC
Jennifer Sears	...	Female at Reunion
Tre Rogers	...	Young Man at Reunion
Shannon Eubanks	...	Secretary
Emmbre Perry	...	Man on the Bus
Jeronn C. Williams	...	Singer / Reverend
Dale C. Bronner	...	Reverend
Crystal Collins	...	Singer #1
Regina Murff	...	Singer #2
Rita Sands	...	Singer #3
Karnelle Smith	...	Singer #4
Joyce D. Williams	...	Singer #6
Philipia Williams	...	Restaurant Singer
Elizabeth Omilami	...	Aunt Clara (as Elisabeth Omilami)
Steve Coulter	...	Maitre D
Nicolas Ortiz	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kaira Akita	...	Receptionist (as Kaira Whitehead)
Gabrielle Anderson	...	Youth
Vic Aviles	...	Hotel Guest
Jennifer Cudnik	...	Lawyer
Brian F. Durkin	...	Gene Barrelson
Johnny Gill	...	Singer at wedding
Kent Igleheart	...	Tailor (scenes deleted)
Wofford Jones	...	Wedding Guest
June Letourneau	...	Cafe Patron
Susanna Lewis	...	Bride (extra)
Roshika West	...	Family Member
Cesar Aguirre	...	Tailor (uncredited)
Michael Angelo	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Di'jon	...	Family Member (uncredited)
Uzoma Emukah	...	Bohemian Patron (uncredited)
Robert P. Johnson II	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
China Anne McClain	...	Youth (uncredited)
Shaun Mixon	...	Male Angel (uncredited)
John Fitzgerald Page	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Arvell Poe	...	Passerby (uncredited)
Joe Walsh	...	Wedding guest (uncredited)
Steve Warren	...	Lawyer (uncredited)

Directed by
Tyler Perry

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tyler Perry		play

Produced by
Roger M. Bobb	....	co-producer
Reuben Cannon	....	producer
Michael Paseornek	....	executive producer
Tyler Perry	....	executive producer
Mike Upton	....	producer

Cinematography by
Toyomichi Kurita

Casting by
Shay Griffin
Kim Williams

Production Design by
Ina Mayhew

Set Decoration by
Lance Totten

Costume Design by
Keith G. Lewis

Makeup Department
Cynthia L. Chapman	....	hair department head
Patrice Coleman	....	key makeup artist
Brent Conley	....	prosthetic makeup assistant
T.A. Henderson	....	hair stylist
Bill Johnson	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Tracey L. Miller	....	additional makeup artist
Wanda Patterson	....	makeup artist
Linda Thompson	....	key hair stylist
Dionne Wynn	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jennifer Booth	....	production manager
Rosemary Lara	....	production manager: Lions Gate Films
Carl Pedregal	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roger M. Bobb	....	first assistant director
Angelique Bones	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Cheryl Adams	....	set dressing buyer
Karen A. Felix	....	on-set dresser
Lauren Fitzsimmons	....	assistant production designer
Daniel B. Foster	....	leadman
Sammy Ray Hill	....	set dresser
Chris Hunter	....	storyboard artist
Kathleen Kasinger	....	property master
Jeremy McGuire	....	art department coordinator
David H. Nash	....	carpenter
Robert Tate Nichols	....	set dresser
Greg Waddle	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Greg Crawford	....	adr recordist: Atlanta
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Brent Findley	....	assistant sound editor
Douglas L. Hill	....	boom operator
Scott Hinkley	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Dean Hovey	....	sound effects editor
Cody King	....	assistant dialogue editor
Richard Kitting	....	foley editor
Walter Ledesma	....	sound re-recording mixer: Spanish version
Colt Logan	....	sound utility
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Andrew Morgado	....	foley mixer
Jay Nierenberg	....	supervising sound editor
Todd Niesen	....	adr editor
Stuart Provine	....	sound effects editor
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
David Fletcher	....	special effects coordinator
Matt Neel	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor
Sam Dabbs	....	digital compositor
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Mark Intravartolo	....	visual effects artist
Lori C. Miller	....	digital art supervisor
Roger Mocenigo	....	digital compositor: XY&Z
Lillani E. Moran	....	visual effects coordinator
Laurie Powers	....	digital compositor
Mark Sawicki	....	digital colorist
John Stewart	....	compositor
Mike Uguccioni	....	visual effects supervisor
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Derrick Simmons	....	stunt double: Blair Underwood
Gus Williams	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Bowman	....	grip
Alfeo Dixon	....	still photographer
Levi Loy	....	electrician
David McLean	....	gaffer
Mark Miller	....	electrician
Tripp Norton	....	electrician
James H. Pair III	....	dolly grip: "a" camera (as James Tripp Pair III)
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	key grip
Karen Parsons	....	dimmer board operator
Mike Robertson	....	best boy electric
Robert Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jacob Ross	....	best boy grip
Randy Tharpe	....	rigging grip
Troy Toebben	....	electrician
Mike Torino	....	film loader

Animation Department
Gary Hebert	....	animator

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Layne Brightwell	....	costume supervisor
Sekinah Brown	....	set costumer
Zandra Harding	....	wardrobe shopper
Meta Moise	....	assistant to costume designer
Amanda Zenil	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Jenny Cho	....	post-production assistant
Joe Finley	....	digital preview colorist
Mark McCoy	....	post-production coordinator
Latham Robertson	....	post-production assistant
Stephen H. Sloan	....	assistant editor
Jeff Smithwick	....	colorist: video master
Mark Tuminello	....	first assistant editor
Bob Wenokur	....	studio post-production representative

Music Department
Barry Eastmond	....	composer: additional music
Brad Haehnel	....	additional music mixer
Joel C. High	....	music supervisor
Camara Kambon	....	music supervisor
Rebecca Rienks	....	music coordinator
Jay Weigel	....	orchestra contractor

Transportation Department
Roy A. Grace	....	driver
Chuck Graydon	....	driver
Mike Robinson	....	construction driver
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Justin Bones	....	production assistant
Reagan Brandon	....	additional script supervisor
Jennifer M. Byrne	....	post-production accountant
Derrick Doose	....	key set production assistant
Yon Elvira	....	supervisor of assets and unit publicity: Lionsgate
Deborah Evans	....	production accountant
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
John Findley III	....	location manager
Latisha Fortune	....	production assistant
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Joseph Hampton	....	set production assistant
Felix Harden	....	double: Tyler Perry
Liam Hearne	....	post-production accountant
Gary Hebert	....	title designer
David K. Henry	....	production financing
Diane Hounsell	....	script supervisor
Kimberly Latrice Jones	....	production secretary
Paul Lowe	....	set medic
Daniel MacArthur	....	assistant: Donna Sloan, Lions Gate Films
Robert M. Melnik	....	executive vice president
Curtis A. Miller	....	director of production: Lions Gate Films
Lucas Moore	....	studio teacher
Erik Proveaux	....	chef
Emily Rice	....	post-production accountant
Amber N. Roy	....	business and legal affairs
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Amanda Shamis	....	business affairs coordinator
Donna Sloan	....	executive vice president: Lions Gate Films
Katie Willard Troebs	....	production coordinator
Tez Valenzuela	....	production assistant
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Porter Versfelt III	....	electronic press kit
Darnina Hodge	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Arif S. Kinchen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Lions Gate Films

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Custom Film Effects

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Falco Ink.  unit publicity
• Motown Records  soundtrack
• PIC Agency  main titles design
• Right Lobe Design Group  titles
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion (USA) (complete title)
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion: The Movie (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, domestic violence, sex and drug references.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | South Africa:13V

Filming Locations:

Covington, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

The poem read by Maya Angelou is her own "In and Out of Time".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nikki walks in to the kitchen for breakfast before school the plate is empty. When the scene changes the plate is wrapped in foil. When it switches back the plate is empty again. When Nikki leaves it is wrapped in foil again.

Quotes:

Mable 'Madea' Simmons: [Madea his Nikki with a belt] Why wasn't you at school today?
Nikki: I went to the park.
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: Why'd you go to the park? You need to be going to schoolhouse.
Nikki: I'm not smart.
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: Who told you that?
Nikki: My last foster mother, she said that the only thing I'd ever be smart enough to do is lay on my back.
Joe: Is her name Jennifer? I know Jennifer, that's what she does all the time.
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: Shut up Joe,
[to Nikki]
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: the best revenge you can get on a person who tells you something like that, is to prove them wrong.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Madea Goes to Jail (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

I'll Be

Inspiration to keep on keeping on.

I rented the DVD and watched this movie three times before returning it. I bought the DVD to watch parts of it often enough to keep me keeping on just like Medea does. The show inspired me. I laughed tears. Funny thing was my daughter called and told me to watch it because it reminded her of me, her grandmother, and great-grandmother. It made me so brave that when my 29 year old son (semi-brain damaged drug addict) came through the house popping his mouth off at me I went into "Medea Mode". I jumped back with, "This is my house and I will whoop your butt no matter how old or big you are! I rattled on with I'll catch you asleep and beat the s--- right out of you. And on Medea Mode I rode! Sons and grandkids broke out laughing and going crazy cause NAN was back. Get on out of here boy, I don't want to see your ugly face for awhile." It sure felt good. Medea is my hero. No Tyler Perry is. Thank you. You are writing my life. Whew! Do I have stuff you should hear!