I want to start off by admitting something. While I am a fan of Tyler Perry, because of the incredible way that he has branded himself and made his name synonymous with success, I have never been a fan of his work. It is usually all over the place. Like a rutterless ship. It goes from being really good to really really bad within the time span of two scenes. That, to me, is a travesty. When someone has had this much success and still can’t seem to pull everything together to make a movie that the majority of the audience can enjoy.
In this film Shirley (Loretta Devine) has received some devastating news from her doctor. In an attempt to discuss her health problems with her entire family, she calls them all to dinner. This fails miserably. Her family just can’t seem to get along. Everyone stays too caught up in their own problems to even take time to listen to hers. When the dinner fails, she and Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) enlists the help of Madea (Tyler Perry) to help straighten out the family and get them all together….before time runs out.
This movie has some good points to it. It really does. At times I really enjoyed and even laughed pretty hard at a few things. The problem is that it can’t sustain the quality or flow of content. It will take you to a great scene and then drop off completely. Not only that, but they give some very serious subject matter to Isaiah Mustafa to deliver. It is EXTREMELY hard to take this guy serious after his Old Spice body wash commercials. Not only that, but he can’t act. Being typecast AND not having the acting chops to break that typecast is a dangerous combination.
Worth the admission? I would have to say NO. At least not for me. If you enjoy the other Perry material, you will like this. I, unfortunately, did not.
Standout: On a good note, Cassi Davis/Aunt Bam is hilarious. She was easily the best part about this movie and I really enjoyed her screen time. If you enjoyed her performance, or have another favorite performance in the film, let me know.
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