Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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4
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6
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RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMar 1, 2019
I cop to laughing out loud numerous times, and I was captivated by Vianne’s big “what’s good for the goose” style speech at the end. If “A Madea Family Funeral” is indeed the final “Hallelu-YUHRR” for Madea, it’s not that shabby an exit. Read full review
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The New York TimesA.O. ScottMar 1, 2019
What Perry lacks in filmmaking rigor — like its predecessors, “Family Funeral” is a bit of a mess, formally and technically — 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. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 1, 2019
A Madea Family Funeral isn’t good, exactly, but it’s Perry good. It combines weaponized comedy and sexualized soap opera in a way that defuses all shame. Read full review
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TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 1, 2019
If writer-director-star Tyler Perry makes good on his threat to make A Madea Family Funeral 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. Read full review
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Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 1, 2019
Wherever you find yourself in the Perry equation, Medea herself deserves a final high-five. Perry hints that she may come back in a younger version, not played by him. But Medea will never be the same without her creator. In A Medea Family Funeral, she hosts a memorial service that defines the term hellzapoppin. And Perry correctly and adoringly gives her the last word in which she lets all the women have for letting any damn man abuse them. Hallelujah, sister! Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 1, 2019
Boring characters boringly-played. Read full review
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IndieWireJude DryMar 1, 2019
Rather than going out with a bang, however, the final installment in the franchise hinges its loose plot around the marital infidelities of younger, humorless characters so thinly sketched that it is impossible to care about them. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 1, 2019
The films are inane, sloppy, tone-deaf, moralizing, and have no sense of quality control, but there’s nothing quite like them. Madea, we hardly knew ye… Read full review
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Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 5, 2019
You could fault A Madea Family Funeral for its many other shortcomings. It runs about 30 minutes too long; the tempo of the numerous dramatic scenes is on par with drying paint; characters lack consistency from scene to scene; the dialogue sounds like a first draft that needs major editing; its occasional technical sloppiness; and so forth. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersMar 1, 2019
This feels like two movies for the price of one, but the audience isn’t getting a deal. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 1, 2019
Perry doesn't even try to successfully integrate the story's comedic and dramatic elements, merely toggling back and forth between them as if in need of mood stabilizers. Read full review
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