Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

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Lionsgate (100 minutes)
and Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry , David Mann , Tamela Mann , Angela Bassett , Lance Gross , Chloe Bailey , Mariana Tolbert , and Rick Fox

Rating: PG-13 for drug content, language including sexual references, thematic elements and brief violence

Summary: A single mother living in inner-city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time--until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed...and finds a brand-new romance that just might change her life. (Lionsgate)

Ty Burr
Boston Globe:
(63) The women of Perry's army will come out feeling they've been well-served, and for the rest of us there's Bassett, getting her groove back after a spate of less than worthy roles. Perry's getting his groove, too - I give him two more films and an A-list cameraman.

A.O. Scott
The New York Times:
(60) What he serves up -- a mixture of moralism and forgiveness, semibawdy humor and cautionary drama, mockery and affection -- may sometimes lack coherence, but never integrity.

Joe Leydon
Variety:
(60) Often plays more like "Tyler Perry's Greatest Hits" as it recycles various elements from the writer-director's earlier works.

Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News:
(50) Many of the cast members originated their roles onstage, and the ensemble scenes capture the spirited sense of fun that is Perry's trademark.

Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter:
(50) Features a fine performance by Angela Bassett, but her work is the sole subtle element.

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