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Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Doris Roberts, Percy Romeo Miller ... see more see more... , Tom Arnold , John Amos , Marla Gibbs , Danielle Campbell , Devan Leos , Shayne Anderson , Dean Balkwill , Nelson Bonilla , Frank Brennan , Eric Brooks , Daniel Brule , Jonny Clemson , John Paul George , Meg Gillentine , Jeff Joslin , Andy Koehler , Arin Logan , Eaddy Mays , Shane Partlow , Wanda Smith

For years, George Needleman (Levy), the gentle CFO of a Wall Street investment bank, has been living with his head in the clouds. But George is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm, ... read more read more...Lockwise Industries, has been operating a mob-backed Ponzi scheme - and that he's been set up as the fall guy. Facing criminal charges and death threats from the mob, George and his entire family are put under witness protection in the safest place that Brian (Perry), a federal prosecutor from Atlanta, can think of... His Aunt Madea's house down South. -- (C) Lionsgate

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PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Release Date: June 29, 2012

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  • fb100000145236770
    December 1, 2012
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    I like pretty much all of Tyler Perry's movies. Even when they get too melodramatic, they are still pretty entertaining. "Madea's Witness Protection" is his latest in a long line of movies about Madea(Perry in drag). This time Madea takes in a family from New York who are unde... read morer an FBI investigation while they and receive death threats from the mob. This is a straight up over the top comedy, with zero drama like all of his other movies. While that's kind of a breathe of fresh air, the comedy falls flat a lot. The cast is pretty weak. Eugene Levy is ok, but he is just playing himself, and he's married to Denise Richards. Yeh, it don't make sense to me either. There's a lot of plot holes, and the movie only really works when Madea is on screen. Even though too much of her(or him), gets to be annoying after a while. This is probably my least favorite of the Madea movies, and hopefully if they make more they get better. Watch if your a fan, but skip otherwise.
  • bbcfloridabound
    November 8, 2012
    bbcfloridabound
    Not as enjoyable as some of his other films. 2 stars
  • bathshebamonk
    November 6, 2012
    bathshebamonk
    Funny premise. I think Tyler Perry is quite subversive and for that I love him--sending up ponzi scheme guys, sending up hypocrisy in all shades of black and white. I don't think he's what my friends would call politically correct, so he may have to remain my guilty little plea... read moresure.
  • LWOODS04
    October 28, 2012
    LWOODS04
    "Still making these movies... Well at least this one was a little funny. I don't understand why he doesn't put together a better script and a better cast of actors? The movie was just something to watch to pass the time. It wasn't awful nor was it one of the better comedies I hav... read moree seen this year. It's the same show with different jokes and a different situation. All these movies seem to mesh into one big old mess. I've like a couple of them, but none that are worth mentioning again. Once again, a film of his I will only watch once."
  • allan913
    October 25, 2012
    allan913
    A laugh-out-loud good-time from start to finish. Director, Tyler Perry strikes comic gold once again as Madea. A hilarious and wonderfully enjoyable comedy filled with fun and heart and also a great cast who all dliver great stuff. Tyler Perry is outragious as Madea. Eugene Levy ... read moreis hilarious. Denise Richards is wonderful. Doris Roberts is hysterical. Another comedy classic from star-director, Tyler Perry, who has a great knack for story and characters in his films and shows that they are all havinga great time in this fun and witty film that just proves that there isnt any hiding from laughter after all.
  • fb1526363679
    July 10, 2012
    fb1526363679
    Madea's Witness Protection is a heartless movie that proves Tyler Perry's career is going nowhere fast. The problem with Tyler Perry is that he seems to hate both whites and blacks, because in all of his movies he does nothing but ridicule them with stereotypes. But this new Ma... read moredea film truly shows he is determined to insult both Caucasians and African-American's and leave them burning on the side of the road. I will admit that in the past I have laughed at a few Madea films because I enjoyed her violent temper, but I was too busy hating everything this film had to offer to even enjoy her violence. I mean I think when pitching this movie Tyler Perry just said "Madea is going to let white people into her house and basically torment them." That is pretty much this entire film in a nutshell. But this is a Tyler Perry film so we must put some drama in here that was not needed, and of course it the same recycled family issues that Madea has to solve using her ability to make others think correctly. The only other recognizable actor in this is Eugene Levy who I was hoping would save the film, and again they waste him on a stupid story and stupid characters. This film is not only one of the worst in the Madea series, it's one of Tyler Perry's worst films he has ever made.

    The story follows Madea (Tyler Perry) who lets a family stay at her home for the witness protection program after the father George Needleman (Eugene Levy) turns out to be in a Ponzi scheme he had no idea about. His family is angry at him, especially his teenaged daughter who wants nothing to do with her step-mother (Kate Needleman). Madea and her brother Joe are going to have to learn to live with these people, because none of them have ever met someone like Madea. But when they figure out a plan to save George's career, Madea helps this family to get back on their feet.

    The plot is an absolute terrible script in every way, with characters that don't matter and a story that absolutely doesn't matter. I didn't laugh one throughout the entire film, mainly because it was filled with so many clichés and bored me to tears. Tyler Perry can't write a good script, let's all face it, I mean even some of his best work in the past was amateur at best. I guess I did enjoy I Can Do Bad By Myself, but that at least had a solid point to make and had some fun and touching moments, while this film was just racist jokes and Tyler Perry just trying to get some cheap laughs. I truly believe he made this film as quick as possible, because he made Good Deeds earlier this year and I think he wanted to just make a Madea movie as quick as possible because he knows everyone hated that movie. But this film is even worse than Good Deeds, mainly because it's not funny or touching. The characters were just pawns to use racist jokes, and I know there were racist jokes in the past films, but now that we have so many white people in a Tyler Perry film it's easier to see that I was blind before. Madea has just become a big annoying stereotype, and just seeing the neighborhood where she lives makes me wonder why so many people enjoy these movies. George Needleman could've been a fun character for Eugene Levy, but of course they just fill him with boring family clichés and unfunny jokes so it was all for not. So to sum this up, the story stunk.

    The cast was mainly Tyler Perry dressed as an old woman, an old man, and himself (ironically the real version of himself was the best character in the film). Tyler Perry thinks these films are still alive, but until he cuts that melodramatic crap in these films I am not even gonna try to enjoy his characters that are all just big stereotypes and that is why people love them so much, but not me. Eugene Levy is a funny actor, I loved him earlier this year in American Reunion and the rest of the series and the other things he has acted in, but he really just took this role for something to do and nothing else. I won't even mention the other cast members that I hated, but what I will say is that Kate Needleman is one of the worst actresses I have seen so far this year and needs to get out why she still has a chance.

    Madea's Witness Protection has already been called one of the worst films of the year by the critics, and honestly I have agree with them. Tyler Perry has made some pretty terrible crap in the past, but this is one of those films that could be near the top of the crap. The only good thing this film had going for it was that they changed up the rhythm from previous Madea film by finally not making it about her boring extended family, so I was finally glad to see a change. But the film simply does nothing with its characters and story, and relies completely on making a large fat black woman look funny to the public. I showed pity to some Madea films in the past because they gave some good laughs, but if the future Madea movies continue like this than I will just stop watching Tyler Perry films in general. If you need a good comedy I recommend going to see recent films like Ted or Magic Mike, because this film is just one long racist zit that needs to be popped.
  • fb100004102869838
    July 25, 2012
    fb100004102869838
    The film is not funny. The plot is to long. It's only a good film for Tyler Perry fans.
  • cenzano38
    July 1, 2012
    cenzano38
    Of all the poorly written, acted, directed, or cast movies I've seen in my life, this is one of the dumbest things I've seen to date. It's the most standard story I've possibly ever seen. I mean by the book. There is nothing creative about Witness Protection and it's not even fun... read moreny. I smiled exactly 4 times and chuckled once. Believe me, it's so boring and... lame... and redundant and... unoriginal... that you'll have time to do the same thing.

    Tyler Perry is at a complete loss for words when he tries to ad lib. I think any other director would make him follow the script if he acted this poorly for them. How he got producers to fund more than one movie of his, I'll never know. Eugene Levy is so much more better than Perry in Witness Protection, and he's on auto pilot through this heap just for the check.

    Perry is also hateful. I think he's of the mindset that just saying mean things is funny. It wasn't. Perry failed so miserably that he even acted as another person to be as hateful and unfunny as possible. The theater was almost half full and there wasn't much laughing going on. The same people laughed at the same stupid jokes over and over.

    I've never seen a Tyler Perry movie, and this is it for me. I wouldn't tell anyone they needed to see Witness Protection for any reason. It's high on my list of most pointless movies ever made.
  • lakerules420
    April 9, 2013
    lakerules420
    LOVED this movie, she/he totally cracks me up.....don't think I'll be that interested in the ones that are plays tho...:(
  • jamiemcc2017
    January 6, 2013
    jamiemcc2017
    This sequel to the classic comedy movie Madea goes to jail is filled with hilarious jokes and hart felt lessons the whole family will enjoy . In my opinion the movie may not be for everyone but it was certainly for me even if i'm not always into these kind of movie's. I rate it a... read more 3.5 out of 5 not comparing it to other genre's .

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Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman
July 4, 2012
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

George's son asks for Wi-Fi, and Madea says, ''Sure, I can make you a waffle.'' That's one of the good jokes. Full Review

A.A. Dowd
July 2, 2012
A.A. Dowd, Time Out New York

The writer-director-star still hasn't learned to smoothly blend broad comedy and family-values sermonizing. Full Review

Mark Feeney
July 1, 2012
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

Reviewing a Tyler Perry movie is a bit like reviewing the weather report. Full Review

Kerry Lengel
July 1, 2012
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic

Tyler Perry doesn't have to make sense, or a have a point. He's laughing all the way to the bank. Full Review

Joe Leydon
June 29, 2012
Joe Leydon, Variety

The interaction among opposites inspires an abundance of predictable race-based jokes, many of which have the saving grace of actually being funny. Full Review

Mark Olsen
June 29, 2012
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

A spectacularly slapdash and wearingly half-hearted effort from the prolific writer-director-actor, lacking energy, structure or common sense. Full Review

Nick Pinkerton
June 29, 2012
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

An agent of spiritual regeneration and showman, Perry's dramaturgy is as subtle as a Bible-thump, but until a logy last act that has Levy disguised as a faux-Frenchman, his instincts are on-target here. Full Review

Alonso Duralde
June 29, 2012
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap

It wastes the talents of not just Eugene Levy and Doris Roberts but of Perry himself, whose cross-dressing creation Madea has often been the saving comedic grace of Perry's films. Full Review

Frank Scheck
June 29, 2012
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

Even such potentially amusing comic set-pieces as when Madea goes through airport security, with predictably chaotic results, feel awfully half-hearted. Full Review

Neil Genzlinger
June 29, 2012
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

A comedy that's too late to the Ponzi-scheme party to be topical, and not outrageous enough to take advantage of its own setups. Full Review

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    • Brian: Hey Madea!
    • Madea: Hey Brian, Hey Brian
    • Uncle Joe: I don't know why you leave the toilet seat up Mabel!
    • Brian: Hey Daddy!
    • Uncle Joe: Don't I know you?
    • Brian: I'm past 18 now stop pretending you don't know me because of paying child support!
    • Uncle Joe: Hey son great to see you. Love you so much!
    • Madea: You want something to eat, i'm making sandwich for Joe.
    • Uncle Joe: I wouldn't eat that son I wouldn't eat that at all. I believe she's trying to kill me for my insurance money!
    • Madea: You ain't got no insurance money!
    • Uncle Joe: In that case i'm going to eat this sandwich Mabel made
    • Madea: I ain't trying to kill you for the insurance money i'm killing you because I want you dead, completely dead, no life in you just not breathing just maggot food!
    • Uncle Joe: Here son try this for me.
    • Brian: I'm not tasting that thank you!
    • Uncle Joe: Her butt must be hungry because it's chewing that dress alive.
    • Madea: Excuse me while I do my Tyra Banks.
    • Madea: Oh...um, if Randy or Jermaine or Tito call...Tell them I just can not talk right now. Imma have to call them laTer.
    • Uncle Joe: You look like a big...bottle of Pepto Bismol
    • Jake: You look like a bag of skittles.
    • Madea: Yeah well when i come back up here and you still in bed you gonna tasted the rainbow.
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