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Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral

Comedy A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family secrets.
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Variety
Variety
"You could say that the movie, in tone, is nearly schizophrenic (...) [It] isn’t good, exactly, but it’s 'Perry' good. It combines weaponized comedy and sexualized soap opera in a way that defuses all shame."  NEU
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
"Considering how well the character has served him, Perry certainly doesn't return the favor in this graceless installment combining raucous comedy and turgid melodrama to undigestible effect."  NEG
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"What Perry lacks in filmmaking rigor (...) he makes up for in generosity. The movie is the usual plateful of low humor and high melodrama, in no particular hurry to make its way through a busy plot."  NEU
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
"[Perry] says it only took a week to shoot the final chapter. At first you think that’s amazing. By the end, you’re amazed it took him so long to create such a slack, formless, monotonous mess (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"  NEG
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rogerebert.com
rogerebert.com
"Perry’s best film since his most dramatically successful 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself' (...) At 102 minutes, 'A Madea Family Funeral' overstays its welcome (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"  NEU
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IndieWire
IndieWire
"Tyler Perry's winking drag experiment dies a long, slow death in the blockbuster franchise's painful final chapter (...) Humorless characters so thinly sketched that it is impossible to care about them"  NEG
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AV Club
AV Club
"'A Madea Family Funeral' gives its title character an unceremonious send-off, as amateurish and schlocky as any of the mean-but-good-hearted old lady’s previous forays into the big screen."  NEG
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The Wrap
The Wrap
"[If this is] the final film featuring his larger-than-life comedic heroine, then Madea will going out with a whimper and not with a bang, even by Perry standards."  NEU
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"This feels like two movies for the price of one, but the audience isn’t getting a deal (...) Most of the jokes don’t really land as Perry intends (...) [It] seems like a less-than-worthy sendoff"  NEG
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