Critic Reviews

• Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

  The importance of faith, church, kin, staying off drugs, sharing food, repenting from sin, forgiving sinners, appreciating a good black man, rejecting a bad one, and honoring black matriarchy is enumerated with typical, reassuring Perry broadness.

• Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

  Unlike Diary, the drama here is buoyant enough to handle the contrast of its too-silly slapstick.

• Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

  Meet the Browns is packed with raucous dinner-table banter and broad double takes; sometimes the gags are funny, but usually they're just trying too hard.

• Desson Thomson, Washington Post

  To appreciate Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, there's really only one requirement: Loosen up.

• Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

  There are a few laughs and some touching moments, but nothing you couldn't get by watching episodes of Good Times and Little House on the Prairie back to back.

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  Whatever progress the man was making, Browns is a Madea-sized big fat step backward.

• Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

  Of the many talented black actresses given a rare chance to shine thanks to Perry's films, [Angela Bassett] is possibly the most talented.

• Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

  After taking some steps toward maturity and shades of grey in his last film, Perry takes a step backward, retreating to broad schtick and black-and-white formula.

• Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

  Moral: guns, basketball = interesting; hospital beds, recovery time = dull, and therefore unnecessary.

• James Plath, Movie Metropolis

  Feels as if Perry bought the rights to a Lifetime made-for-TV drama and as an afterthought added the zaniest elements from his 2004 play.

• John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

  The inner-city melodrama is as sticky as ever, but the downhome Georgia comedy is genuinely funny.

• Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze

  Master of disguise Perry's tangled web of narrative threads range from poignant to positively awful.

• Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze

  Master of disguise Perry's tangled web of narrative threads range from poignant to positively awful.

• Kam Williams, Mount Desert Islander

  Though too laced with silly slapstick to measure up to the best of Perry's previous offerings, this flick is still hilarious enough in spots to be well worth watching.

• Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine

  On top of everything else, the direction is sloppy, the script is forced, and the whole thing feels like a bad hallmark film.

• Jackie K. Cooper, jackiekcooper.com

  Enjoyable movie about a nice family that contains some quirky characters

• Bill Gibron, Filmcritic.com

  perhaps Perry's time in the limelight may be shorter than he -- or his fans -- think.

• Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate

  Tyler Perry continues his exploration of the sense and sensbility of the African-American community with this fun-loving celebration of the possibility of second chances.

• Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

  Oh my, what magic Angela Bassett can work!

• Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review

  ...[the] latest sausage from writer-director Tyler Perry...

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