Tyler Perry brings us another film this year starring Angela Bassett and himself. Meet The Browns, another film based off one of his stage plays, follows a single mother from Chicago (Bassett) that struggles to make ends meet. After learning about her father’s passing, she travels to Georgia to meet and bond with a family she never knew she had.
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Meet The Browns will hit theaters March 21st, 2008.
The stage play was really funny. All me and my cousins did was act it out after we saw it. I’ll go see the movie. I’m sure it will be good and, of course, inspirational.
Tyler Perry keeps bring the hits, I ain’t even mad at him. It’s good to see Mrs. Angele Bassett back doing her thing.
Love Tyler Perry, but isn’t watching one of his movies just like watching all his movies?
I’m so proud of Tyler Perry…I think all of his movies are great and he gives a lot of blk actors and actresses a chance…I think Angela Bassett is great for this role and I agree she has her preferences and she prefered not to do monster’s ball because she didn’t agree with the sex scene and I see nothing wrong with that. All you people that talk so negative about his movies..don’t go see it…or become a writer and show something better…obviously the box office shows how great he is doing with or without you. He even has gained a white audience in case some of you guys didnt know. I’ll support him all the way church scenes and all that’s his MO and he’s bringign people closer to GOD….I don’t understand what’s wrong with that.
This looks like it will be be successful….Never saw the play but this looks like it’ll be good…Good cast..Angela Bassett and Jenifer Lewis are vets in the game…..and is that Rick Fox…dammmmmmmmmm!
I love Tyler perry’s work. This is gonna be another blockbuster!!! Angela Bassett is the best. Rick Fox is still phine as hell…beautiful all over and i like a man with a nice ass!
If you didn’t see Talk to Me a MUCH better film than ANYTHING Tyler Perry has done. Then sit down.
I bet you guys don’t know the names of none of the other Black Directers do you?
Tyler Perry movies are stereotypical & over the top or just plain bad.
Akeelah & The Bee is NOT a Tyler Perry movie, that’s why it was GOOD.
Alleged I’m with you. Our acceptance of mediocre quality simply because it was made by a black man fuels bullshit. That’s why no one respects the movies that come out of our community. We have to set higher standards. Why Did I Get Married was Tyler’s best work and that bit the hell out of The Big Chill, a superior movie. He’s not original, he just makes the same jokes and y’all keep supporting it. Furthermore, I’m really damn tired of him raping The Color Purple for comedic use anyone who’s actually read the book (damn the movie because it’s a load of patriarchal tripe) knows what a travesty it is for that material to be used in that way.
this back and forth bickering about black movies and Tyler Perry relates so much to the saying that whites have brainwashed blacks to believe another black can’t do anything good. It’s different and it’s black so what, wasn’t Spike Lee another black producer, director, and writer doing the same for his people and didn’t people have the same thing to say about him. I support black movies so what, white movies aren’t no better and definitely don’t put us in a light that I’d like to see us in. Killing one another, putting one another down, backstabbing and backbiting one another and they always have us somewhere beneath them rather than equivalent to or above in power or stature. And if they do beleive me it’s not a movie of great substnce. So HELL yeah I’ll take Tyler Perry over them anyday. And they have producers and directors and writers that duplicate their work over and over again as well. So why hate? If you don’t support that’s fine, but don’t put him down without looking at all the producers, writers and directors in the game who does the same thing whether black or white.
Angela, I remember her from the Michael Jackson movie, that was the best movie ever…long but Loved it!!!
@#8…Lol…I remember that….I love the soup…Watch it every Friday faithfully….The host is a mess…
Can’t wait to see this movie…I love Angela Bassett….Tyler has been putting out movies what once a year?…
What the hell are you guys arguing about??? Nevermind. This looks like a great movie and I’m not the “church” type! Love Mrs. Courtney B. Vance!!!!!
Hard act to follow coming from “Why Did I Get Married?”
I’ll pass :- |
@131
Are you comparing Tyler Perry’s direction to that of Spike Lee’s….now I know you’ve lost yo mind. Spike Lee is an excellent black director, and anyone who saw that “Inside Man” movie can see that every black director doesn’t have to do the typical black family in a church movie to get by.
Yay, for Tyler…..i love this man and i applaud his efforts. My first thought was that this movie seems a bit repetitive, however, i applaud his efforts and committment to the black audience and black actors/actresses. Everywhere else in hollywood we are ignored and rarely represented….Tyler, keep reppin….much thanks.
I’m going to check it out fa sho…. And J. Lewis is sexy! #8 & #10…….
i was sold til i saw madea
Deep Sigh….really deep “ok..I get it now” sigh..epiphianic moment sigh……….
I’ve been on these blogs interacting for about 5 months now NOT JUST CONCRETELOOP…and I am finally going to accept a reality that I have been kicking and screaming and fighting against for years.
For the most part, “niggas HATE niggas” (sorry for those of you who are offended by that word. I’m just disgusted and I’m quoting the Last Poets….
Every single blog has page after page of black people being totally critical of prominent blacks. Our own damn “elder politicians” have so much jealousy and hatred that they are out in public, “airing our dirty laundry” hating on Obama.
It is too depressing for me. I don’t hate Black Folk. I love Black Folk. I’ve rarely met another black person who I didn’t feel was my brother or sister (at least in the beginning) and treated them as such.
Love you guys…but this sh!!@# is just…deep sigh. I finally GET IT. And I can’t change it. Damn.
I don’t thnk Tyler Perry is writing Oscar Worthy movies, but I don’t thnk that is his goal. Comedies are rarely expected to rise to that calibur. What he IS doing though, is giving us an entertaining alternative to the “boys in the hood” syndrome. We arent’ all gansters, pimps and hoes. And honestly, a LOT of us spend a lot of time in church, and god KNOWS that whether you are religious or not, americans in general, NOT just black folk, could use a good dose of morals and values these days.
I have never encountered a lot of negativity from black folk on a personal level. So I guess I’ve been naive in thinking that we were one big happy family.
SH! t is tiresome. Draining and Tiresome. I get it now.
@82 Chante
I like him a lot as well. He is one of the few movie writers who actually makes me laugh AND feel good after the movie. I love the MAdea character. My husband does too. I love seeing that in every movie and play, while there might be a black male character who is all screwed up, there is also always the “knight in shining armor”.
I have DVDs of all the plays and movies you mentioned. I’m proud of Mr. Perry. Why did I Get Married made me feel so happy when I left, just because it showed the reality that there are successful black people who aren’t stuggling in the projects. That is not to say there is ANYTHNG wrong with people who are, life is real. But it does give all of us a vision in our minds that enables us to strive towards something better. You have to be able to conceptualize a thing before you can achieve it.
I will support Mr. Perry. I’m proud of him., and Angela Basset is one of the most beautiful women, black or white, in Hollywood. She is a phenomenal actress and I can’t wait to see what dimensions she adds to his moviesl.
@Vida…
Go see Why Did I get Married sis. I understand what you are saying, and I think that by the opening credits, you will have changed your mind. I could see myself and my friends in that movie. He is getting better at that.
I love Tyler Perry’s movies and I love Mr. Brown…lol he is so crazy. I can’t wait to see it.
Looks like its going to be another #1 movie for Mr. Perry. Im really excited to see this movie. It was a good look casting Angela Bassett in this movie. She is one of my favorites. I also love the mama from Soul Food. She reminds me so much of my grandmother…
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