Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
by Tyler Perry
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Actor: Angela Bassett, David Mann, Lance Gross, Tamela J. Mann, Tyler PerryDirector: Tyler Perry
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Producer: Curtis A. Miller
Producer: Joseph P. Genier
Producer: Michael Paseornek
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Producer: Roger M. Bobb
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Movie Review: Terrible movie
Summary: 1 Stars
Horribly miscast, some characters overacted, some (Rick Fox) cannot act and the ones who are VERY good actors (Angela Bassett) made him even WORSE...the movie is so all over the place with over/under acting it is ridiculously annoying...horrible attempts at comedy, boring, predictable plot, this movie was impossible to sit through after 40 minutes I had enough and turned it off. One of the worse movies I have ever TRIED to watch.
Summary of Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is a sitcom taken to the next level. Brenda (Angela Bassett) is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral, she's not sure how to feel: Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things up. (And, as a friend suggests, there's always the chance her father left her a little money.) While the film's central character grew up with incredible hardships (a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a father who didn't stick around), writer-director-actor Perry takes every opportunity to inject a little humor into the vignettes. It is not her fault that she is too gorgeous and regal to be believable in the role, but Bassett--a superb dramatic actress--is sorely miscast here in a role where her subtleties are lost in all the fuss. Meet the Browns isn't Perry's best piece of work, but the fast-paced action and raucous dialogue provide enough fun to make the film worthwhile. With his name prefacing each movie, Perry has developed a franchise that doesn't fail to deliver what his fans are accustomed to: some variation of a dysfunctional family comedy and the appearance of his most famous character Madea--a cranky grandmother played by Perry himself that manages to draw laughs, even when her inclusion sometimes is superfluous. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is a sitcom taken to the nth level. Brenda (Angela Bassett) is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral, she's not sure how to feel: Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things up. (And, as a friend suggests, there's always the chance her father left her a little money.) While the film's central character grew up with incredible hardships (a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a father who didn't stick around), writer-director-actor Perry takes every opportunity to inject a little humor into the vignettes. It is not her fault that she is too gorgeous and regal to be believable in the role, but Bassett--a superb dramatic actress--is sorely miscast here in a role where her subtleties are lost in all the fuss. Meet the Browns isn't Perry's best piece of work, but the fast-paced action and raucous dialogue provide enough fun to make the film worthwhile. With his name prefacing each movie, Perry has developed a franchise that doesn't fail to deliver what his fans are accustomed to: some variation of a dysfunctional family comedy and the appearance of his most famous character Madea--a cranky grandmother played by Perry himself that manages to draw laughs, even when her inclusion sometimes is superfluous. --Jae-Ha Kim
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