It is revealed that the manager (played by Palmer Williams, Jr.) had fired Byron because him being late that day was his last strike. During the night, Byron is arrested by the police for failing to pay child support. Byron, Tammy, Harold, and Calvin arrive to see her. With Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss, Cassi Davis. [3] By the end of its run, the $25 million[1] film grossed $53,345,287 in the United States. But Tammy, Kimberly, and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can't manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Sabrina, who shares a son with Byron, wears very revealing clothing (showcasing her breasts and midriff). So in steps Madea, the ... See full summary ». Sabrina quickly gets on Byron's nerves by addressing him as a "drug dealer" due him having been one in the past before being caught and incarcerated. Renee tried to get Byron to leave and meet Rosco. Search for "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family" on Amazon.com, Title: Tyler Perry as Madea and Joe; Loretta Devine as Shirley; Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam; Shannon Kane as Kimberly; Isaiah Mustafa as Calvin; Natalie Desselle Reid as Tammy; Rodney Perry as Harold; Tamela Mann as Cora; David Mann as Brown; Shad 'Bow Wow' Moss as Byron. *Madea apparently hates funerals and won't go to them. When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Calvin instead helps Shirley to bail him out, much to Kimberly's anger and consternation. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. If I spent 20 plus years making socially relevant material, but this dreck continues to profit, I would be angry as well. Madea also tells Byron & Sabrina to start taking care of their baby and settle things between them together. For the first time, Harold put his foot down towards Tammy and tells her to respect him more. However, she affirms that Mr. Brown is Cora's father, and the hospital must have made a mistake. Clearly the film’s title, Madea’s Big Happy Family, is a big fat deliberate lie.The family’s not Madea’s and it’s far from happy. Win prizes from Madea's Big Happy Family! Joe is no help either, claiming at first that Bill Clinton was Cora's daddy, and other such celebrity names. She finally breaks down after seeing Shirley's body. Overtime, Shirley's condition worsens greatly and she goes to the hospital. Some of it even feels purposeful onscreen as themes reverberate back and forth, with one batch of characters delving into the seriousness of a subject while another batch makes us laugh at it. Kimberly arrives with her husband Calvin. Sick of the fighting, Madea calls the whole family into the den and confronts them, saying that Shirley was a peaceful woman and she didn't want all the fighting. She’s patient and kind and faithful, the sort of person who’d bake a batch of cookies for the neighbors just for the fun of it or spend her nights sitting with a sick friend just for the needfulness of it. In her usual fashion, Madea drives her car into the restaurant and proceeds to hurl various utensils at Sabrina, before peeling out before the police arrive. his, however, is non-canon to the rest of the franchise as Mr. Brown is still portrayed as Cora's father. The film ends with Madea, Mr. Brown, and Cora on The Maury Povich Show to find out if Mr. Brown is in fact Cora's father. By the end of its run, the $25 million film grossed $53,345,287 in the United States.. Critical reception. “And when He stops giving it to me, I get to be with Him.”. Kimberly, the eldest, is doing just fine on the surface. He was married to Myrtle Simmons and had three daughters, Helen, Jackie, and Gina. She fills a hospital room with the smoke. Some of the worst movies I have ever seen! And while he’s trying to put that behind him, Renee, his current love interest, begs him to return to the trade. https://tylerperry.fandom.com/wiki/William_Simmons?oldid=7474. She’s got a beautiful house, the Old Spice guy as a husband (really!) Her Aunt Bam says that Shirley was “a horse” growing up, able to pull any load or carry any burden. She is married to Harold for seventeen years and they have two sons together, H.J. Written by Natalie Desselle Reid is from Alexandria, Louisiana. Third, Madea tells everyone that Shirley didn't want her children to know that Kimberly had been raped by a paternal uncle when she was 12, which resulted in her pregnancy with Byron; this was also the reason for Kimberly's hostility towards her family, due to her continuously holding onto her anger at her uncle for raping her. And she says she wants her grave marked with marijuana plants and her wake to be a puff-and-pass party. Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids all together. And even now her own well-being seems like something of an afterthought for her—insignificant compared to the welfare and future of her children. He is described in the story-line to be a very devoted husband and devoted father to his daughters. If films can be equated to food, Tyler Perry’s would be big steaming bowls of jambalaya—a diverse mixture of comedy and drama, of high message and low humor that critics can’t stand but fans gobble up. After dinner, Kimberly and Calvin continue to fight, which results in Calvin leaving and taking their son with him, much to Kimberly's dismay. Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters. “Every day that God gives us is a gift,” she told him. Shirley's dinner goes well at first. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Shirley's children Byron (Shad "Bow Wow" Moss), Tammy (Natalie Desselle-Reid), and Kimberly (Shannon Kane) arrive at Shirley's house later that day for a dinner Shirley has planned for them in order to tell them the sad news about her recent prognosis. The acting bug bit her after a starring role in … Calvin tells Kimberly that Shirley had died, which shocks her. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? And you get the feeling that the director intentionally tosses these mixed messages up on the screen, confident that his audience will be able to separate the oysters from their shells. And explaining why it’s OK for her to beat some sense into Shirley’s kids, she spouts, “You been redeemed. William Simmons was the youngest child, and only son of Madea and Johnny Simmons. Tammy’s husband, Harold, confesses that he’s not had sex with his wife in over a year. After Shirley's funeral service, which went on exactly like how Shirley had asked Bam in the beginning of the film, the wake takes place at Madea's house, who did not attend the funeral because she hates funerals. Yet another formulaic feature from Tyler Perry. As such, spirituality almost feels like it’s a physical part of this Big Happy Family, like an understanding aunt: It’s real and it’s welcome … but it rarely seems to push anyone into taking stock of the inconsistencies in their lives. Joe tells Madea and other relatives that they’re abusing the floor joists because they’re so big. Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film based on Tyler Perry's 2010 play of the same name and the eleventh film in the Tyler Perry film franchise, and the fifth in the Madea franchise.. She threatens most everyone with a variety of colorful warnings. Unfortunately, Kimberly does not come, as she ignores all the calls that Tammy and Calvin make to her, still bitter at them for the previous events. However, before Shirley is able to tell her children the sad news, Kimberly snaps. However, in Madea's Family Reunion, she told Carlos that she went to church for only two reasons, weddings and funerals. Meanwhile, Madea (Tyler Perry) furiously and violently drives her car through a restaurant named 'Snax', because the manager had delayed taking her order until after the restaurant had stopped serving breakfast for the day due to being pre-occupied with a phone call, and had been very rude to Madea when she called the manager out on it. Given Madea's brash nature, she would've made her opinion known if there was a rift between mother and son. Madea, after being ignored at a fast-food drive-thru, rams her Cadillac through the restaurant’s window and pelts workers with food.

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