The Family That Preys (2008)

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (writer)

Release Date:

12 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Follow your heart. But watch your back.

Plot:

Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.

Plot Keywords:

Infidelity | River Baptism | Family Crisis | Friendship Between Women | African American

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Alfre Woodard	...	Alice Pratt
Sanaa Lathan	...	Andrea
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Chris
KaDee Strickland	...	Jillian Cartwright
Cole Hauser	...	William Cartwright
Taraji P. Henson	...	Pam
Robin Givens	...	Abby
Tyler Perry	...	Ben
Kathy Bates	...	Charlotte Cartwright
Sebastian Siegel	...	Nick
Kaira Akita	...	Robin (as Kaira Whitehead)
Santana Pruitt	...	Christopher
Ron Clinton Smith	...	Construction Foreman
Jeff Rose	...	Loan Officer
Johnell J. Easter	...	Customer

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material, sexual references and brief violence.

Runtime:

USA:111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44590) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Louisiana Producers Film Source

Quotes:

Andrea: You better watch your step.
Abby: It is sisters like you that give us all a bad name.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Soundtrack:

When Will I?

wow. have this negative reviewers even seen or understood the movie!?

there are 2 things i need say here:

1-as a features(direction, acting, etc) this is a well done movie. i would even consider it for an award or two( not Oscar since this particular award is anything else BUT real life movies anymore). all the actors give outstanding performances except maybe Tyler Perry which one can see he is not a professional in this particular field. but even on this aspect he is at least putting the effort in. Taraji P. Henson, Cole Hauser, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan and Kathy Bates are all well casted. my main star here would be Taraji P. Henson , both as an actress as much as the character itself. this woman can be VERY expressive beside being still beautiful while not as young anymore. Robin Givens is engaging while Rockmond Dunbar is truly at his best! i give it an 8 rating at this chapter.

2- subject matter is NOT preying on a "certain audience" as some reviewers keep implying. it does cross the border of being BLACK or WHITE and that is its STENGHT. to sum this up, race does not matter anywhere as much as CLASS does. the present day stereotypes are all here, especially the corporate ones, and in a realistic form, that MANY of us could identify with on a general level( maybe not the wealthy ones that pay reviewers to "diss" this movie just because it obviously does hurt their PERCEPTIONS of living the life at the "top"). i give it a 10 rating for the plot and subject development even if i do not agree with ALL the points made here( but most of them).

the movie is not politically correct YET it does not play on viewer's emotion and expectations. it seems i am indeed a fan of Tyler Perry's production now that i think of it because i can not recall any of his movies that i do NOT like. also i am not part of the visible minority that most of the actors here are. doubt that this has any relevance as in WHY i like this particular feature(i really do not think it does).

i recommend this to any adult viewers and adolescents( no matter race) that is CONCERN with present day social values as they are being imposed from the TOP,( mass media, etc) and NOT from the old fashioned COMMON SENSE, that made this word spinning around, long before Hollywood came alive.

just give it a shot, the 3 star rating makes NO SENSE, really.