Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (writer)

Release Date:

20 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters. |

Plot Keywords:

Fourth Part | Sequel | Adaptation Directed By Original Author | Directed By Star | Remake

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Tyler Perry	...	Madea / Joe / Brian
Derek Luke	...	Joshua Hardaway
Keshia Knight Pulliam	...	Candace Washington
David Mann	...	Brown
Tamela J. Mann	...	Cora
RonReaco Lee	...	Chuck
Ion Overman	...	Linda
Vanessa Ferlito	...	Donna
Viola Davis	...	Ellen
Sofía Vergara	...	T.T.
Robin Coleman	...	Big Sal
Bobbi Baker	...	Tanya
Aisha Hinds	...	D.A. Fran Walker
Benjamín Benítez	...	Arthur
Karan Kendrick	...	Guard Watson

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug content, some violence and sexual situations.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44944) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Tyler Perry Company, The

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the beginning of the movie, when Mable's criminal record is shown, her year of birth is shown to be 1962, which would make her 47 years old in 2009, but the character Madea/Mable is portrayed to be much older than 47.

Quotes:

Joshua Hardaway: When we were in college, the others made fun of her, about her clothes and her hair, and I started avoiding her. One night, I had a date, and the football team said they would keep her company...
[crying]
Joshua Hardaway: I came back that night and went into my room... and they... they raped her, and I didn't do nothing about it. I'm so sorry.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

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Possibly the most touching film ever made about a black guy in a fatsuit.

Tyler Perry has really outdone himself this time, making the deep artistic statement "I'm black, and I have a fatsuit." Sure, this statement has been made before by Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, and others, but Perry adds a certain panache to the blackness and the fat suit that makes this more than just a movie about a black guy in a fat suit: it is THE movie about a black guy in a fat suit.

There may be other movies out there which you are tempted to see: "Slumdog Millionaire" may have won several acadmey awards, but where's the black guy in the fatsuit? How is that a movie? Tyler Perry continues to push the boundaries of artistic excellence with drag AND a fat suit, and we can only hope some day he decides to throw bad accents and white face into the mix.