Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 02 20 (USA) / 2009 (USA)

UPC: 031398110262

Studio: Lionsgate

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: Tyler Perry transitions another one of his hit plays to the big screen with this adaptation of Madea Goes to Jail. The successful filmmaker stars once again as the mischief-prone older woman whose exploits this time lead her to jail, where she befriends and reforms a prostitute named Candy (The Cosby Show's Keshia Knight Pulliam). ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Features: cc
Madea is back
"Leroy" law brown
Looking for the big house
You have the right to remain silent!
Bringing in the heavy hitters
Madea's crazy

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/16/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
1. The Simmon's [:00]
2. Madea Trouble [:00]
3. Living for the Lord [:00]
4. An Old Friend [:00]
5. House Party Good People [:00]
6. Good People [:00]
7. You Can [5:05]
8. Protection on the Streets [3:23]
9. Not Your Type [6:10]
10. WWJD? [6:42]
11. Entering the Workforce [3:40]
12. Nothing Going On [5:43]
13. Carrying Weight [2:22]
14. Tried to Be Lenient [4:43]
15. Making Friends [4:46]
16. Madea vs Big Sal [6:40]
17. Forgiveness [5:54]
18. Have to Tell You Something [6:36]
19. Free Madea [:35]
20. Justice for All [6:26]

Cammila Collar

If people didn't like seeing movies where African-American comedians dress up like feisty old ladies and beat some sense into their troubled friends and family, studios wouldn't keep making them. Fans of Tyler Perry's Madea franchise won't be disappointed with the 2009 installment Madea Goes to Jail, which finds the tough-talking matriarch in the slammer following yet another temper-fueled brush with the law. Always reactionary but still semi-justified, the latest addition to her rap sheet stems from an incident in a K-Mart parking lot, where she retaliated against a rude parking-space-stealing suburbanite by trashing the woman's convertible with a stolen forklift. Most of the movie, however, concentrates on a different story. That story centers around District Attorney Josh Hardaway (Derek Luke), who is doing quite well for himself; he's engaged to another DA, the beautiful Linda (Ion Overman), and has a successful career in the courtroom. However, his less carefree past comes back to haunt him one day, when childhood friend Candace (Keshia Knight Pulliam, whom viewers might remember as Rudy Huxtable from The Cosby Show) shows up at court on prostitution charges. Like Josh, Candace was once on the track toward making it out of the ghetto and finding happiness and prosperity, but Josh alludes to an event in their past where she lost all of that, and he feels responsible for how she is now: drug-addicted, and clearly burdened with trauma and pain. The rest of the movie follows Josh trying to help his friend, and Candace struggling to forgive and forget the horrendous memories that continue to shape the way she lives her life. Of course, that somber journey is peppered with Madea's wild-and-wacky comic relief, as well as her simple (and usually harsh) wisdom that there are countless people with stories like Candace's, and that, while it isn't fair, her only choice is to let go of the sadness and anger and make something of herself. The depiction of Candace's life on the streets is tame by PG-13 standards, but it's pretty graphic as family-oriented movies go -- she's shown being beaten and choked, and later wakes up naked with her assailant lying on top of her. There are also verbal references to a horrid sexual assault, but these elements are all vital to the film's basic premise, which is that this kind of violence against women happens every day. Perry has a message for his community that those who are struggling have to take responsibility for themselves, and those who have already struggled must help others. With Madea Goes to Jail, Perry isn't trying to win any Oscars, he's just trying to get that message across to his audience -- and if he can draw them in with a little comedy, he'll do it. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Michael Paseornek  Executive Producer 
Reuben Cannon  Producer 
Roger Bobb  Producer 
Aaron Zigman  Composer (Music Score) 
Tyler Perry  Director 
Tyler Perry  Producer 
Tyler Perry  Screenwriter 
Tyler Perry  Actor 
Tyler Perry  Actor 
Keshia Knight Pulliam  Actor 
Derek Luke  Actor 
Tamela Mann  Actor 
David Mann  Actor 
RonReaco Lee  Actor 
Ion Overman  Actor 
Vanessa Ferlito  Actor 
Viola Davis  Actor 
Sofía Vergara  Actor 
Robin Coleman  Actor 
Bobbi Baker  Actor 

Country: USA