Boo! O Halloween de Madea

Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)

1/2 (out of 4)

Brian (Tyler Perry) can't control or even say no to his 17-year-old daughter Tiffany (Diamond White) so he asks Madea (Perry) to sit with her while he goes out of town. Daddy is worried she will sneak off to a frat party, which she does and of course Madea must follow her.

You have to respect Tyler for what he has accomplished in his career. I will admit that this here was my first Madea movie and I will admit that I hated it. In fact, it was one of the worst comedies that I've ever seen. At the same time, I can respect the fact that this film as well as other Madea movies are quite popular and Tyler at least gives his fans what they want.

With that said, this is without question one of the worst comedies in recent memory. From what I've read this was filmed in six-days, which is rather remarkable for a film made today. What's so bad about this movie is that the screenplay is just so uneven and so unfunny. I mean, the final sequence is basically a bunch of young adults being terrified with rape. Yeah, real funny.

The entire movie was one failed laugh after another and all of it can go back to the screenplay. There are scenes that just drag on for no apparent reason and then there are scenes where the "joke" just gets dragged out to the point where you wish you'd hear someone yell cut. I honestly laughed at maybe two things here and everything else was just so forced and juvenile.

Again, I can respect that this series has its fans but I honestly can't see why. I'm not going to judge the entire series off of one movie but this didn't really make me want to check out others.

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.

First of all, I would like to announce I'm a HUGE Madea fan ever since I watched the first one and have watched all of them.

There were certainly good elements in this Madea but the movie lost my attention at times. Some scenes were way too long - first thing you learn as a screenwriter is not to write a scene that's over 3 minutes, especially not at the beginning, or you may lose your viewers. Some parts of the dialogue were redundant.

Some of the Actors are not actual actors but Youtube sensations. Their acting was not the most convincing. It's hard to be over-the-top character-style (like Tyler Perry does with Madea) but still be believable. It also take talent to be natural and not over-the-top when needed. Acting is an Art and takes lots of training. Some may believe the number of followers is more important to the success of a project than actual talent, I would have to disagree on that one.

This Madea is not one of the Madea's I would watch again. In the end, it could have been better.

I still love Madea and will keep going and being a big fan. And I can't wait for the next one.

PS. Bloopers after credits come up are funny. If you go, make sure you stay until the end.

Madea gets wind of her niece's plans to attend a Halloween party being held at the lake, which was the scene of some grisly murders in the past.

If you enjoy the Madea films, you'll enjoy this one; it's ninety minutes of nonsensical silliness. If you're a first time viewer the chances are you will probably wonder what on earth you're watching.

It is repetitive, and if you've seen one film, you've seen them all. However, if you're sparing with your viewing, you may just enjoy it.

I like the crazy array of characters; personally, I adore Tyler Perry and really enjoy Madea. She's on fine form here-bossy, direct, and full of her usual cutting remarks.

Cassi Davis is good fun as Aunt Bam, the mature characters are entertaining, more so than the youngsters.

It does go on a bit, and the ending was somewhat disappointing, but you're here for nonsense; you're here for some Halloween fun. It may seem family-friendly, but I'd suggest it's not suitable for younger family members.

6/10.

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.