![]() ![]() Even with movies as stupid and banal as 'Witness Protection' he still has what amounts to a license to print money. Tyler Perry, somehow, is extremely powerful in the world of directing. They're a milquetoast suburban family who are completely naive about life outside of their gated community. That's basically the crux of 'Witness Protection.' We're supposed to laugh as Levy is asked to act even more awkward and clueless than he did in the original 'American Pie.' We get it, these people aren't cut out living in Madea's world of hard knocks and loud yelling. They've never even seen grits and they do Yoga in the mornings. Essentially saying, "Ha, look how white these people are. So, adhering to what I guess are pretty stringent witness protection rules the District Attorney's office decides, "Hey, let's stick the whole family in Brian's parents' house."Īfter the stage is set, the movie spends the next 50 or so minutes pointing and laughing at the Needlemans. It's soon found out that George's company might have been dealing with some nefarious characters, namely the mafia, so George is brought in to testify against them. They have a couple kids and a live-in mother played by Doris Roberts. George Needleman (Levy) is married to Kate (Denise Richards). Perry has cast one of the whitest most naturally awkward actors out there, Eugene Levy, to play the poor guy who finds himself holding the bag as the company gets investigated by the Feds. In 'Witness Protection' Madea is asked by her son Brian (also played by Tyler Perry) to take in a family that has found themselves in the middle of a large Ponzi scheme. He perpetuates each and every stereotype that has been thrown about regarding elderly African-American women. Perry is as shrill as he can possibly be with the character. Wait, don't.įor those of you unfamiliar with Tyler Perry's Madea, she's a strong-willed female character played by Perry in a fat suit and drag, who usually finds herself in the middle of a paper-thin plot as she dispels wisdom to those her underestimate her. Since 2005, Perry's Madea character has starred in six movies. ![]() There are times I love being a movie critic and then there are times I have to watch a 'Madea' movie. It's ridiculous these movies keep getting made, even more so that, somehow, Tyler Perry is rolling around in mounds of cash while dressed in a fat suit. ![]()
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