Tyler Perry offers something for everyone, whether it fits together or not. “Madea Goes to Jail,” the latest addition to writer-director-actor Perry’s ever-growing empire, is, by a ...

Brian Solamon Tyler Perry is back with a new movie and his oh so famous character Mable "Madea" Simmons. ... "Madea Goes To Jail" is not funny. Published: Feb. 23, 2009, 1:47 a.m. By . bsolamon; ...

Nick Beiter "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" is really a drama about a prostitute who tries to get back on her feet with the help of an old friend. ... 2009, 10:28 p.m. By .

The law of diminishing returns catches up with Tyler Perry in this wildly uneven effort. Once again, Perry has concocted an ungainly mix of broad comedy, comically violent slapstick, sudsy ...

The movie's huge laughs suggest that as over-exposed as Perry is, with TV shows and two films a year coming out of his studio, "Madea Goes to Jail" will be a monster hit.

The Tyler Perry Experience continues with "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," which delivers what his mostly black and female audience wants: soap opera and broad comedy leavened with a Christian ...

Full analysis here including the controversy over Madea Goes To Jail. This latest (and, in terms of racial stereotyping, perhaps the worst) from Tyler Perry was the largest opening weekend gross ...

On Oscar weekend, Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail” produced some needed gold for struggling Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. The new comedy shot to No. 1 at the box office with three-day ...

"Madea Goes to Jail" won big this weekend, grossing a hefty $41.1 million Per-theater average of $20,236 ranks in the top 40 for all wide openers ever Second place went to "Taken," which added ...

Feb 20, 2009 11:47am PT Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail The law of diminishing returns catches up with Tyler Perry in this wildly uneven effort. By Joe Leydon. Plus Icon.

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail 2009, PG-13, 103 min. Directed by Tyler Perry. Starring Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Keshia Knight Pulliam, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Ion Overman, RonReaco Lee ...