Madea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 106 min · ★ 6.8 · 42% critics
After receiving alarming health news, a woman’s one wish is to get her fractured family in the same room. With her grown children distracted by their own messes, a no-nonsense relative steps in—alongside a rowdy aunt—to push everyone back to the table for hard truths, loud laughs, and a chance to reconnect.
Based on Madea's Big Happy Family
Also known as Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-04-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (162 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a broad comedy-drama about family conflict, faith, and tough-love lessons in a familiar Tyler Perry style; Not for you if you dislike loud humor, heavy melodrama, or predictable resolutions like in Why Did I Get Married?
Pros: big laughs and tears; clear life lessons; energetic Madea moments | Cons: messy, crowded subplots; uneven tone shifts; humor feels tired
Themes
- dying and death
- relationship problems
- family clan
- family drama
- niece
- single mother
- illness
- family conflict
- bickering
- duringcreditsstinger
- emasculation
- health crisis
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Tyler Perry
as Madea / Joe / Self
Loretta Devine
as Shirley
Shad Moss
as Byron
Cassi Davis
as Aunt Bam
Shannon Kane
as Kimberly
Lauren London
as Renee
Rodney Perry
as Harold
Teyana Taylor
as Sabrina
Isaiah Mustafa
as Calvin
David Mann
as Brown
Directed by Tyler Perry