Madea (known in full as Mabel "Madea" Simmons) is a fictional character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a towering, massive, and thuggishly tough elderly woman.
Vindictive in nature, Madea gets even in a bad way; in fact, when asked why she felt the need to get somebody all the time, Madea answered: "Well when you gettin' got and somebody done got you and you go get them, when you get 'em, everybody's gon' get got." Adding to this, Madea is highly overreactive, willing to threaten the use of deadly weapons; destroy property; use physical violence; take on the law; and use any and all means necessary to show up an offending party. Incorrigible in her overreactive ways, Madea has repeatedly landed herself in court (usually before Judge Mablean), anger management classes, house arrest, and even prison.
Despite the way the character goes about it, she stands for what's right and has a nurturing side. As examples, Madea is often seen officiously involving herself in circumstances in which others have been wronged, offering self-defense tips, instruction, or avenging them on her own; by her very nature, Madea is more than willing to "thug out" on some of the sassiest and brattiest of children and teens, but also shows to care about their well-being in the end. The character combines an unusual pronunciation style with her locutions, such as "Heller, how ya dern?" or "Halleluyer praise da lort!"
Madea is based on Perry's mother, his aunt, and watching Eddie Murphy perform The Klumps. In Perry's own words Madea is ". . .exactly the PG version of my mother and my aunt, and I loved having an opportunity to pay homage to them. She would beat the hell out of you but make sure the ambulance got there in time to make sure they could set your arm back. . ."
Perry has announced that he's working on a Madea animated film. The film, titled Madea's Tough Love, was released in January 2015.
, 1h46 Réalisé parTyler Perry OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Comédie musicale, Comédie romantique ThèmesAdaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursTyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss, David Mann, Cassi Davis, Tamela Mann Note48% Shirley goes to visit Dr. Evans with Aunt Bam about her cancer and finds out that it has gotten worse. She asks Aunt Bam to call her children so she can tell them. Cora and Mr. Brown are at the hospital, to get Mr. Brown a check-up. Dr. Evans tells them he has to do a colonoscopy on Mr. Brown, and they find a growth that needs to be removed surgically. Meanwhile, Madea drives her car through a restaurant because they stopped serving breakfast for the day when she wanted a biscuit sandwich.
, 1h48 Réalisé parTyler Perry OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Romance ThèmesLa famille, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursTyler Perry, Angela Bassett, Lance Gross, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Lamman Rucker Note45% Brenda est une mère célibataire qui vit à Chicago et qui essaye tant bien que mal d'éloigner ses enfants de la délinquance. Mais un jour elle reçoit une lettre qui lui annonce la mort de son père qu'elle n'a jamais rencontré. Desespérée, Brenda emmène sa famille en Géorgie pour les funérailles et fait la rencontre des Browns, la famille de son père, dans une petite ville où il fait bon vivre. Elle va y tomber amoureuse et cela va changer sa vie.
, 1h47 Réalisé parTyler Perry OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Romance ThèmesThéâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursBlair Underwood, Tyler Perry, Lynn Whitfield, Jenifer Lewis, Rochelle Aytes, Boris Kodjoe Note53% Madea, une grand-mère afro-américaine affectueuse, reçoit toute sa famille pour le week-end à l'occasion d'une grande réunion de famille. Mais la femme doit affronter une crise familiale importante. Sa nièce Lisa compte épouser son fiancé en apparence charmant et brillant. Cependant, l'homme frappe sa compagne. Vanessa, une autre nièce de Madea, hésite à s'engager auprès d'un chauffeur de bus généreux et attentionné. Face à ces problèmes, Madea décide de prendre les choses en main. Une autre mauvaise nouvelle tombe : sa soeur décède. L'enterrement a lieu le jour du mariage de Lisa. En parallèle, Madea apprend qu'elle doit s'occuper de Nikki, une adolescente révoltée, suite à une décision du tribunal.