Boo! A Madea Halloween

Another "Madea" movie that I hadn't already seen. But sitting through a Tyler Perry "Madea" movie marathon would rectify that. I have to say, though that I harbored absolutely zero expectations, as the last five movies I've sat through today have been questionable at best.

Writer Tyler Perry finally ditched the serious issues of racism, domestic abuse, etc. From the previous movies, and focused on good old fashioned comedy, with a dash of Halloween horror here. And it was nice, because these movies are better as comedies and for making you laugh, more so than being serious social commentary movies. "Boo! A Madea Halloween" has been the best of the six "Madea" movies I've watched today.

And isn't everything just better with zombies in it? "Boo! A Madea Halloween" has zombies in it, and it worked out nicely.

This 2017 foray into the "Madea" franchise didn't have a whole lot of familiar performers on the cast list. The only familiar faces on the cast list, for me at least, were Tyler Perry and Cassi Davis. The acting performances in "Boo! A Madea Halloween" were fair, as they have been in every single movie.

My rating of writer and director Tyler Perry's 2016 movie "Boo! A Madea Halloween" lands on a five out of ten stars.

By 2016, Movie Fans had the opportunity to see the mad black woman known as Madea put her unique personal stamp on, among other situations, a family reunion, jail, a witness protection program and Christmas. But how will she make it through a wild and wacky Halloween? "Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween" (PG-13, 1:43) answers that question in typical Madea fashion – her way! Actor, producer, director, screenwriter, playwright, author, and songwriter Tyler Perry's most famous and enduring character is rough around the edges, but the old lady is just being herself – and doing what she thinks is right. Mabel "Madea" Simmons gets through life the best she can, no matter what anyone else thinks about her, and she's going make the people around her act right – with insults and by force, if necessary.

Madea (Perry) is the aunt of Atlanta attorney Brian Simmons (also played by Perry), who is newly divorced and has his hands full with his rebellious and disrespectful 17-year-old daughter, Tiffany (Diamond White). Tiffany's friends (Bella Thorne and Lexy Panterra) are planning to go to a nearby college fraternity's Halloween party and Tiffany wants to sneak out of the house to join them, along with her reluctant friend, Aday (Liza Koshy), who is sleeping over. Brian gets wind of the plan, but he has to go out of town, so he bribes Madea to spend the night in his house to make sure the girls stay out of trouble. Madea shows up at Brian's with her cantankerous brother (Brian's dad), Joe (Perry again), her marijuana-smoking cousin, Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), and their meek friend, Hattie (Patrice Lovely).

Tiffany comes up with a plan to outsmart "the old people" (as she derisively refers to them) and sneak away to go to the party. Madea soon realizes that Tiffany and Aday are gone, so she gathers her posse (except for Joe, who decides to hold down the fort) and crashes the party looking for the two girls. She doesn't find them, but manages to ruin the party. The president of the frat (Yousef Erakat) wants to get even, but you have to get out of your coffin pretty early in the morning to fool Madea, and there's a scary price to pay for even trying. Besides the theme of the party, the Halloween angle comes in with Aunt Bam stealing candy from trick-or-treaters and various characters taking advantage of the spooky nature of the holiday to formulate their plans to fool others and get what they want out of the evening.

"Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween" is a typically silly and fun Madea adventure… with some life lessons thrown in. Madea and her contemporaries are exaggerated stereotypes, not to be taken seriously, which gives the audience permission to just sit back, relax and enjoy the on-screen antics. Perry's script contains a few good jokes, but most of the humor comes from his direction and the actors' performances – namely, the way the characters speak and act towards each other – and the Halloween backdrop gives everyone plenty to work with. Brian is a loving and earnest, but ineffective dad, until the directness of Madea and her crew helps him see things a little differently. It all makes for another enjoyable Madea outing that stands on its own merits. "B"

Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) is a movie that I recently watched on Peacock. The storyline follows a father struggling with his teenage daughter who is a 17-year-old freshman in college. He recruits the help of Madea to set her straight on respecting adults and herself.

This movie is written, directed and stars Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman) and also stars Cassi Davis (House of Payne), Patrice Lovely (Madea Family Funeral), Yousef Erakat (We Love You), Bella Thorne (Scream: The TV Series) and Lexy Panterra (There's Someone Inside Your House).

The best part of the movie is the opening trick-or-treat scene with "Biggie." I was cracking up during that entire sequence. The Madea and Tyler Perry (as the father) conversations were also hilarious as was Madea's brother, Joe (as always). There's also a good fraternity punch in the face scene and a booby conversation that's laugh out loud good.

Tyga being in this was an A+ too.

Overall, while this movie isn't "good" there are enough entertaining scenes to make this worth a watch. I would score this a 5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

As expected this movie was based on various stereotypes of the black community. After all Tyler Perry's entire career is based on the exploitation of racial stereotypes. While I don't condone that I have to say that the movie was funnier than expected. It definitely had its moments.

As far as I can tell most people watched this movie mainly because one of the protagonists is a famous Youtube personality (Yousef Erakat). I personally am not too fond of his Youtube videos but his acting performance was solid. Gotta give it to him.

Final verdict: Not quite re-watchable but it's a solid comedy.

Imagine Big mommas house as a multi vehicle traffic accident, involving a clown, some extras from the walking dead.

Story synopsis (dont worry no spoilers):

A car driven by a stupid writer, careers into the path of a lorry loaded with out of date unoriginal material. The ensuing commotion is truly unremarkable and easily forgettable.

This is one of those films that sounds funny (ish) when you try to tell others about it. But, in reality, is just cheesy stupidness.

It actually looks vaguely familiar, a sort of de ja vu experience. Then you realize that much of it, is rip off of other (and much better) films.

If your feeling suicidal, go see this. You may conclude that perhaps your life is not actually that bad after all.