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Madea Goes to Jail (The Tyler Perry Collection)

5 star:		(91)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I went to see this play in Portland, Oregon. It was totally outstanding. For the person that said he takes us back in years, sometimes you have to go back down memory lane to remember where you came from so some the things you encountered you know not to encounter them again. Tyler Perry is a vessel used by God, the messages in his plays have changed and inspired many lives. Keep doing what you do, their are always going to be critics but it is more critical that you continue to let God use you. This is one of the best plays he's done.

tyler perry is an excellent writer, director, and producer i think that this is one of my favorite and the best stage productions that tyler perry has created. madea and uncle joe are two characters that hollywood was not smart enough to do. the messages in all the plays and movies are so profound that it can not help but to make you think. there should be more movies and plays like this.

I loved this video, as did my family. We are great Tyler Perry fans and his Madea character is so familiar to me. The wisdom, humor and outrageousness of his productions keeps us laughing. We bought authorized copies from Amazon to help support Tyler and say 'no thanks' to the bootleggers. I pray he continues to create wonderful entertainment like this for families everywhere.

I AM A TYLER PERRY (MADEA) FAN ANY WAY. I WENT TO SEE THE PLAY IN PERSON SO I KNOW THAT THE MOVIE WILL BE PHENOMENAL.

DEBORAH FROM BALTIMORE

After watching "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" I wanted to purchase more of Tyler Perry's movies. This particular movie was a live play rather then a movie. This doesn't mean it was not good, it was just different. The good news is that Tyler Perry is planning to do more movies. I highly recommend them for Teens on up for good values that are presented in all his movies. These are all Christian based and we sure could use more of this kind of comedy. Another good Tyler Perry movies is "Madea's Family Reunion". I give it 5 stars.! You can own them a resonable prices from Amizon.com.


Gale Shuba
Baldwinsville, NY

I enjoyed this play so much. I saw it in New York. The storyline is good and it is so funny. There is a lot of singing, which is not boring; but rather very entertaining. I think all Madea fans should definitely watch this play. A matter of fact, I wanted to go see it live a second time when the crew returned to NY for more shows.

Another OUTSTANDING performance with solid laughs throughout. The underlying message is never lost despite the hilarious antics. Awesome singing from the entire cast... Including Madea!I have owned this for two days and have already watched it twice.

Maybe once he makes this one a movie it will be a little more interesting. It had good lessons n the play but gets boring at certain times.

I have seen all of Tyler Perry's movies and plays, but this is by far the funniest (and best) one. I can only think of a few cons and a whole gang of pros.

Cons: I thought Tyler was a little rough on Chico and I didn't care for the man putting his hands around her neck (during the Behind the Scenes rehearsal). I wonder how she felt about that, but it bothered me quite a bit. The wigs are still horrendous, but I know they save time. Who in the world made Chico's tear tattoos though? I've seen a bunch of tear tattoos growing up and they've always been little, but somebody put tears so big on her face that it looked more like a wet marker. I don't know what was on that lady's bird who sang the song at the end but all that oversinging was driving me insane--she started making this short, yelping noise that sounded like a gun going off and I wanted to pause the DVD and duck down for cover. She made this loud "yiddiddidd" noise and then a bunch of "yay-e-yay-uhs"...it was terrible. That song should've ended before she started impersonating weapons.

Pros: Let's have a moment of appreciation for Mr. Ryan Gentles and Mr. Christian Keyes, because those two men will have you lose your breath more than Destiny's Child. I really hate pick-up lines and I'm deadset against sweating anybody, but THOSE two are the the dudes that you have to stop, look at your homegirl, and go "Did you just see THEM?" Wow! That's all I can say. I thought Ryan was absolutely the finest man ever with dreads...whoa. Ron Andrews playing "Pete the Pimp" was a cutie pie too, but I thought he was older than he really was until I saw Behind the Scenes.
But on to the movie. This movie was incredibly hilarious. Madea going to jail is just scary in general, but I really dug the lessons she tried to express in regards to women who have children but are in jail; the foster care system; officers raping women prisoners; violence in men's prisons; violence in women's prisons; betrayal; cheating; friendship; sexual responsibility; and street life *singing* "You know it's hard out here for a pimp." The movie was excellent all around. I was too ecstatic when Tyler actually SANG several times during this movie and then broke character to talk about playalistics and people who come in and out of your life for their own intentions. I couldn't agree more with the tree analogy.
I'm trying to figure out what I liked more--the behind-the-scenes shot when Ryan growled at the camera or the movie...but that's a tough one.
I'd recommend it to anyone breathing--go see it today! It took me about four hours to get through the movie because I just kept rewinding scenes and falling out laughing again. "Sonny" cracked a joke with Pepsi about "ac'in" and I cracked up and saw that he had the potential to be funny as well and Pepsi was crazy as usual. I really like her singing voice and her comedy, as well as Leo the Lion. My favorite part of the whole movie was the "Old School" scene. I couldn't get enough of that and this movie. And who was on the saxophone? That musician was GETTING IT! Great job, Tyler and all his cast!

This is a great movie with a positive message for all ages. More
movies should be made like this without the sex, violence and cussing.