The Family That Preys
Lionsgate | Release Date: September 12, 2008
8.4
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Universal acclaim based on 48 Ratings
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10
JudyK.Oct 5, 2008
Wonderful the acting,,,,edting...the music thank you Tyler Perry for a movie I could watch and feel good about as a Christian, Next time Tyler get a better wig.
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10
LawrenceTMay 5, 2009
Perry's best so far. Positive reviews.
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8
EdG.Sep 12, 2008
Really good story-line.
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9
MarciaM.Sep 15, 2008
This is his best movie ever...a strong cast.
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10
R.DunnSep 20, 2008
You guys just don't get it. This is the life of some African-American families down do the boardroom drama. Don't criticize Perry's movies because he's reaching an audience that most writer's have untapped. Ten, Ten, 10!
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SherryJ.Sep 20, 2008
An engaging drama that makes one want to converse with the theatre screen from beginning to end...although there were too many scenes with the elderly friends ........ Love the cast.
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MichelleJ.Mar 10, 2009
I loved the entire life lesson that this movie brought out. I really felt like I learned from it. Real life aspects were brought out in this movie. It did not have a perfect happy ending for every one but then again, life does not always I loved the entire life lesson that this movie brought out. I really felt like I learned from it. Real life aspects were brought out in this movie. It did not have a perfect happy ending for every one but then again, life does not always have a perfect happy ending. I LOVED THIS MOVIE!… Expand
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LarryJ.Sep 13, 2008
The type of movie that you could take your kids to, yet have a story line that's interesting and entertaining for adults. In most instances you leave a movie asking yourself, " What would I have done different to make this a better The type of movie that you could take your kids to, yet have a story line that's interesting and entertaining for adults. In most instances you leave a movie asking yourself, " What would I have done different to make this a better movie?" My answer: Nothing!!!… Expand
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RhondaP.Sep 13, 2008
This movie was great!!!! I have always supported Tyler Perry with his plays and movies. Keep up the good work!
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[Anonymous]Sep 12, 2008
Classic story that highlights the best and the worst in all of us. Great movie to remind all of us to have respect for ourselves and those closest to us.
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10
CassandraH.Sep 12, 2008
I loved it. It is nice to go and see a movie I can related to. I am black woman that may be faithful to her spouse but still enjoyed it. Why do we have to always go and see movies that never look like us. This is excellent!!! I will be I loved it. It is nice to go and see a movie I can related to. I am black woman that may be faithful to her spouse but still enjoyed it. Why do we have to always go and see movies that never look like us. This is excellent!!! I will be seeing it again this weekend.… Expand
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KurtC,Sep 13, 2008
One of Tyler Perrys best movies . Excellent cast
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LisWSep 13, 2008
This movie is Tyler's best work yet! Everytime you think it can't get better, it does! Excellent performances from Alfre, Kathy, Sanaa, Rockmond, Cole and Kaydee. LOVED it!
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CathyR.Sep 23, 2008
I enjoyed the movie. This is Tyler's production best movie. I'm going back to see it again!!!
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MochaW.Sep 23, 2008
A great movie as usual. Keep it coming.
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JenniferN.Sep 24, 2008
His movies are getting better. I was impressed with this movie.
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10
PatE.Jan 14, 2009
Do yourself a favor and forget the two negative reviews that were left. The other 34 reviewers have their heads on straight. Now back to it...This movie was very good, sure it isn't anything new, but well executed and well acted by Do yourself a favor and forget the two negative reviews that were left. The other 34 reviewers have their heads on straight. Now back to it...This movie was very good, sure it isn't anything new, but well executed and well acted by tyler perry and the rest of the cast. Any fan of Tyler Perry will enjoy this one unless you were expecting it to be a religious flick.… Expand
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DenieceF.Jan 22, 2009
This was an excellent movie! I saw it at the movies and will definitiely be adding it to my dvd collection.
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TheateraNerdJul 9, 2012
Give credit to Tyler Perry for not glamorizing drug dealing, criminal activities, selfish actions and the like. Tyler Perry advocates practical Christian and family values, and it ends up making a masterpiece! I love this movie as well asGive credit to Tyler Perry for not glamorizing drug dealing, criminal activities, selfish actions and the like. Tyler Perry advocates practical Christian and family values, and it ends up making a masterpiece! I love this movie as well as every other Tyler Perry films! Of course as expected critics underestimate ANOTHER great movie by Tyler Perry. Of course people will rate this movie low because they're JEALOUS that Tyler Perry is so wealthy and succesfull! Remember jealousy is a sin!!!...… Expand
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Reggie33Dec 5, 2011
I think The Family That Prey's is an excellent movie. It is all about what happens in our society today. It really made me mad about how Sanaa Lathan cheated on her husband with that white man all that time and treated him like trash. II think The Family That Prey's is an excellent movie. It is all about what happens in our society today. It really made me mad about how Sanaa Lathan cheated on her husband with that white man all that time and treated him like trash. I was happy to see her husband slap the crap out of her. She did not have any respect for him. He deserves better. On top of that she got pregnant by that white man.

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CharlesW.Oct 25, 2008
I was between watching the family that preys or high school musical 3 but i decided to watch the family that preys with my homies intead of HSM 3 with my girl and i really got bored in this movie so without the movie staff noticing i changed I was between watching the family that preys or high school musical 3 but i decided to watch the family that preys with my homies intead of HSM 3 with my girl and i really got bored in this movie so without the movie staff noticing i changed to the HSM 3 screen and enjoyed a great movie. Dont watch this movie. It is not worth it if you dont like senseless movies.… Expand
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JayH.Jan 4, 2009
Yet more Tyler Perry far fetched melodramatics, nice acting but the screenplay is completely unconvincing. Poor direction, fair score. Unmemorable and pointless.
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DominiqueR.Sep 23, 2008
I think that Tyler Perry went above and beyond to deliver a story that is entertaining and reflects that values of Black Christians.
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BeverlyG.Sep 15, 2008
Perry has proven again that black actors and actresses can play roles beyond the pimps, whores and drug dealers that other Directors want to stereotype us into.
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ChadS.Sep 16, 2008
Check the dogma, if your aesthetics is based in theology, then double-check, for the soul of your fictive characters, and your fiction. In "The Family That Preys", as a road trip shared by two women winds down, Alice Pratt(Alfre Woodard) Check the dogma, if your aesthetics is based in theology, then double-check, for the soul of your fictive characters, and your fiction. In "The Family That Preys", as a road trip shared by two women winds down, Alice Pratt(Alfre Woodard) stops the car near a river where baptismal are being performed by a minister. Charlotte Cartwright(Kathy Bates) resists, but her best friend insists, so it comes to be that the matriarch and magnate of a powerful family accepts Jesus Christ as her personal lord and savior. Unbeknownst at the time, the filmmaker sentences his creation to eternal damnation. Check the dogma. Ironically, uncannily, and accidentally, he repeats the same mistake as D.W. Griffith in "The Birth of a Nation". When a 500-ft. Jesus materializes at the end of the influential, but controversial film, Flora's escape from Gus' clutches on the highlands' precipice, ceases to exist in a vacuum, as the Christian iconography capitulates the scared woman's hasty decision in a way that Griffith never intended. He didn't check the dogma. The cross-purposes at work in "The Family That Preys" shows signs of a filmmaker who grafted on the church to appease his base, in a film that literally takes a time out from being "Dynasty", so it can let down its hair and be the unofficial sequel to "Bonneville". "The Family That Preys" is like two films in one, starring two Kathy Bates, whose Charlotte takes code-switching to the brink of multiple-personalities. But miracle of miracles, this film works as an integrated soap opera, despite its piecemeal components(the film has the potential to evoke John Sayles' "Passion Fish", too). Andrea(Sanaa Lathan) is so bitchy, so utterly transgressive; when she's finally knocked off her high-horse, it's unsatisfying, because she's replaced by Jillian(Kadee Strickland), by the status quo of the filmic universe. "The Family That Preys" is not a good film exactly, but it's a conversation-starter, and worth checking out.… Expand
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GeorgeH.Sep 17, 2008
Alfie Woodard and Kathy Bates Ithe chemistry the two gave to the film and the drama leading up to the climax
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TurnerSep 25, 2008
I thought this movie was Fantastic! It was different from Perry's norm and it was great! It had the realism of everyday life that no one wants to talk about. Excellent Job!
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GloJ.Sep 13, 2008
This was Perry's best. I thought Sanaa L. was great as a bad girl. K. Bates and A. Woodard gave their usual A+ performances. It kept me interested and excited throughout.
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DanyelleG.Sep 13, 2008
This is one of Tyler Perry's best and whoever says different is stupid because this movie is not all over the place.It has a wonderful plot with great Christian views that we all need in our life.I love this movie. Two thumbs for Tyler Perry.
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