The Family That Preys

In The Family That Preys, both the heroes and villains are divided evenly between black and white characters. No, whether by accident or by design, Perry's newest inspirational film - which will be released Friday on his 40th birthday - is his first project with the potential to reach the white audience who make up the majority of moviegoers. ... Full Review

At last weeks advance screening of Tyler Perrys The Family That Preys, one member of the audience was too busy working to laugh or to talk back at the characters on screen. The comic dramas director-writer-producer was hanging in the back of the Atlantic Station AMC movie theater, quietly absorbing every reaction. ... Full Review

By all rights The Family The Preys should be the worst movie of the year, but it lands more in the merely bad bin, thanks to great performances from Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard; and that warm, gooey glow that seems to follow Tyler Perry around wherever he goes. ... Full Review

In more sympathetic roles, Henson, Dunbar and Perry give smooth performances (even if Dunbar is stuck playing one of the most clueless cuckolds in film history). Bates is enjoyably larger-than-life, as the role requires. ... Full Review

While the new film does away with some of Perrys persistent problems with staging and jarring shifts in tone, it still has problems. His direction remains lazily undistinguished, the heavenly glow he uses to light characters is hokey, and his sets look like theyre borrowed from a soap opera. ... Full Review

Lionsgate snuck out the teaser trailer to Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes To Jail' yesterday.Based by Perry's play of the same name, 'Goes to Jail' focuses its story on Madea whose trouble-making act puts her behind bars. ... Full Article

The movie was great and it bring to realization alot of different issues in our community!Things that many close their eyes and turn their back to. ... Full Article

To put it kindly, writer-director Tyler Perry needs a vacation.The man works too hard.He gives too much.To be frank, Perry is burned out. ... Full Article

The best thing about "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" is the opportunity it affords to watch a pair of veteran actresses still at the top of their game. ... Full Article

With his best cast ever, topped by Oscar winner Kathy Bates and the great Alfre Woodard, and his most cinematically polished production to date, Tyler Perrys The Family that Preys shows grand advances in the filmmaking education of playwright-turned-filmmaker Tyler... ... Full Article