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The mighty Madea preaches, but with less fire this time.
Parents need to know that Madea's Witness Protection -- part of Tyler Perry's popular, long-running Madea franchise -- serves up more of what audiences have come to expect from the series: a righteous Madea putting people in their place. This time it's a Bernie Madoff-like character (only he doesn…
An old man ogles a young woman; a man and a woman reminisce over a one-night-sta
Products & PurchasesSome mention/appearance of brands including Gucci and Singer.
Drinking, Drugs & SmokingSome mentions of drugs and cigarettes; Madea wants a drink (or several) while fl
Fairly frequent use of words like "hell," "ass," "damn,
Violence & ScarinessA man uses a gun to try to hold up a retiree, but the plan goes awry. A woman dr
Madea's message is clear: Be a good citizen, old or young, and the world is
Positive Role ModelsMadea cusses and screams and sometimes resorts to corporal punishment (i.e. a sl
An old man ogles a young woman; a man and a woman reminisce over a one-night-stand decades earlier, and Madea talks about her days as a prostitute and stripper. Many double entendres and crude remarks (using language like "bang" and "screwed"), and a woman declares that she wants sex. References to body part size; some tight/revealing clothing.
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Some mentions of drugs and cigarettes; Madea wants a drink (or several) while flying. A bottle of champagne is seen.
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A man uses a gun to try to hold up a retiree, but the plan goes awry. A woman drives a car like a maniac to scare off a passenger. A family is sent a dead rat as a fear-raising tactic. Madea sometimes slaps people.
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Madea's message is clear: Be a good citizen, old or young, and the world is a much better place. Also, don't take any guff.
Madea cusses and screams and sometimes resorts to corporal punishment (i.e. a slap or two) to get her point across, but that point is usually well-meaning. She thinks children should respect their elders, adults should be responsible and capable (no whining), and everyone should be mindful of their contribution to this world. The film is filled with people she "has" to teach these lessons to, from a very rude teen to a man without a backbone to a young man who resorts, briefly, to crime to help his church.
Parents need to know that Madea's Witness Protection -- part of Tyler Perry's popular, long-running Madea franchise -- serves up more of what audiences have come to expect from the series: a righteous Madea putting people in their place. This time it's a Bernie Madoff-like character (only he doesn't know anything about the crime and was just set up) and his family, who have to hide in Madea's Atlanta house for safety. Expect some light cursing (mostly "hell" and "damn"), some sexual references/innuendoes (mostly about strippers and body parts), a few slaps, and plenty of exhortations about the right way to behave. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
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Based on 2 parent reviews
April 18, 2020The movie is very good and don't believe all the other reviews. It's a very good movie and everyone else has no sense of humor. It taught really good lessons and wasn't even that bad. Madea's lessons are timeless and always useful.
July 6, 2012Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection is a great comedy movie filled with lots of laughs this is a good madea movie for the whole family to enjoy and of course good for your teens and parent's there's only a few thing's that you need to look out for in this film the movie has some some crude sexual remarks used and some mild language used and some drinking and drugs used such as cigarettes and A bottle of champagne is seen the message in this movie is clear that to Be a good citizen, old or young, and the world is a much better place Also, don't take any guff and the role models are that Madea cusses and screams and sometimes resorts to corporal punishment i.e. a slap or two to get her point across, but that point is usually well-meaning She thinks children should respect their elders, adults should be responsible and capable no whining and everyone should be mindful of their contribution to this world.
In TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION, George Needleman (Eugene Levy) thought he was successful as CFO of the charity arm of Lockwise Industries, a Wall Street investment bank. But then he discovers that his firm is actually a Ponzi scheme and Mafia money laundering unit. He can either be killed by the Mob or make restitution with the help of a well-meaning district attorney (Tyler Perry). But first, George needs a place to hide while he works with the government to catch the bad guys. And what better place to disappear than at the mighty Madea's (Perry) house, where the Needleman family's big-city ways won't make the cut?
No disrespect to the (usually) formidable Madea, but she seems to be losing her touch. She has less fire in her belly; her diatribes aren't as disarming or funny. (Though fans will be glad for a few of them, especially an initial one she unleashes on a poor soul who tries to rob her in her car.) A teenage girl who's quite nasty to her parents, especially her step-mother, is upbraided in a fairly tame and passive-aggressive, roundabout way, when a full-on righteous tongue-lashing would have been more audience-pleasing. Could it be that Madea has softened with age? Or is Tyler Perry tiring of his muse? (We're not even getting into Madea's Witness Protection's weak script or the wasted potential of the New York banker-in-relocated-down-South setup.)
The beauty of Madea is that she says what she thinks, so when she doesn't, we're left unsatisfied, wondering what's holding her back. It also takes much too long to get a glimpse of the film's headliner as the Ponzi scheme storyline is explained. Levy is predictably hilarious, and watching his character and Madea reference a Whoopi Goldberg-in-Ghost moment is gold. But not much else is.
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