Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

Good start, but then it gets ruined

An action-packed slog

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I just wanted to watch this one day. I liked some of Tyler Perry's projects with Madea (nah, just the Madea Christmas Play) and decided to see this. And oh this sucksur. This tried to make a cliched "help people from the underground out of trouble." Alright, first the dude married to the evil lady is the only good actor. He put emotion into this meaningless project. Let me explain why.Madea. Why is this character even here? I'll admit, I laughed at times, but she was completely unnecessary. This wasn't supposed to be Madea's story, it was supposed to be the poor girl's. It made another subplot to make her go to jail, but it had no payoff.The payoff was for them to go to jail. What? Why did they have to go to jail? So useless in many ways. The girl didn't have to go to jail and Madea had no time to bond with her in prison.Super cliched, mediocre to bad comedy, terrible acting mostly, no reason to be in jail and it's the main title but takes up the minority of the time.

Has the African American family become Ernest? I am ashamed at how Tyler Perry uses loaded stereotypes with weak stories to continue to produce the same content with different names.The story seemed weak with poor acting and overall had be more frustrated at how an unintelligent viewer would look at this movie and say this is how I need to live or act. The problem with the culture in relation to the art is that you will influence the people in a way that they don't understand. While I always try to keep a positive view of anything someone takes the time to create this movie just misses the mark. His jokes are awful and the way he tried to combine stories to keep someones attention was a complete disaster. The worst part about this and many of his films is that other African Americans are paying him to watch themselves get made into people they are not. This is just low brown entertainment that is not worth wasting your time on!

I went to the theatre to see this film and was disappointed. The movie seemed to just go through the motions and not really develop and the plot seemed random. There was a serious main plot that had multiple funny bits in between, but the funny took away from the good stuff. that was throughout.that was what i kept seeing the first couple times i watched the movie after about the fourth or fifth time the plot seemed to mellow out and flow like it should.Before you make quick assumptions about the movie just because it is a Tyler Perry film, watch it like you would any other movie, with no assumptions.

Nobody has to expect for the movie to be better than the play. This one wasn't better than the play, but it was still great. Two stories in one, make this movie a hit. A man tries to help a prostitute go through the right path, meanwhile Madea makes her crazy moves that land her in jail. The movie was most drama, due to the long story of Candy. But when you see Madea, all you can expect is a good laughter that will leave you breathless. I expected more Madea, and I found the movie a little short, but the reason is because we get accustomed to the plays which last longer. But Tyler Perry does another masterpiece that is a must see for the whole family.