(Credit IMDb) A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.I like Tyler Perry, but I wasn't feeling this one at all! It felt forced and contrived to me. Eugene Levy is a very funny person, but the material lets him down here. This one doesn't have many belly laughs in it. The most I did was chuckle, and that was pretty rarely. I'm beginning to wonder if Madea has hit a wall... I believe Tyler Perry is fully capable of making good Madea movies, but the last two I've seen (This one and Madea's Big Happy Family) haven't impressed me very much. The great cast does what they can. Denise Richards is great to look at, but she's better as the vixen type. Doris Roberts, Tom Arnold & John Amos add presence. The kids were thoroughly annoying in this movie. Charlie Sheen's cameo was fun... I'll say thatIt wasn't horrible, but one of Tyler's weakest efforts as Madea. I hope "A Madea Christmas" is a bit of a rebound for Tyler. I still believe in the character!5/10

The only reason I write review for this film is because I now write review for each film I watch. Since I have to fill 10 lines, I want to say that bloopers were possibly the most interesting part of the film. I really would not recommend anyone to watch this film, since it is not worth the money. Someone said it is better to buy a can of paint and paint your room and let it watch dry.I thought the Hollywood could not make bad movies any more, but this one is. There was that ultimate failure in Hollywood called Ed Wood who simply could not do films. Well, that is it. Although film about Ed Wood is excellent, Ed Wood was not.

Upon seeing Eugene Levy and Denise Richards I thought this was going to be a hidden gem on Netflix, not so much. Tom Arnold also fails with his obvious coke high (noticed by the odd mouth expressions and lip movement) scenes and fails to deliver anything worth laughing at besides the fact that he is trying feverishly to hide his recent intake of the a-1 yola. Tyler Perry may be a good comedian but it's apparent that he is trying too hard to emulate Martin Lawrence's movie "Big Mama's house". This movie has a few good actors with no opportunity for them to show their worth. Good cast, poorly written and not worth watching unless you are as high as Tom Arnold (but then it would only be funny until your next bathroom trip) Hope this helps!

I was amazed when I saw the trailer for this film and the cast came up! Eugene Levy! Doris Roberts! Romeo Miller! Tom Arnold! John Amos! Marla Gibbs! WOW! That was amazing! I saw the movie on DVD, and I was very impressed! This is a totally different take for Tyler Perry, and for a Madea movie! It was pretty good! I really like this movie! This is the first straight comedy by Tyler Perry, and this movie is funny! The Needleman family find themselves victims of a Ponzi scheme, and they have to stay undercover in the most unlikely place where anyone would find them: Madea's house. A White Jewish family now has to stay with Madea and Joe for a while. That alone is hilarious! While that's going on, we see a subplot where the matriarch of the Needleman family, Barbara, had a rendezvous with Joe many years ago, and now Joe may be George Needleman's father. I love this subplot! It is funny as all get out! You can't imagine the jokes that come out of this situation! It's really good! On top of that, it has a nice moral about valuing your family. The lesson is different here in the sense that it's something you just have to take. No one really says anything about it. My sister keeps complaining that she doesn't see a moral here; I can see why she says that, but in all truthfulness there is a moral in this movie.I would be lying if I said there isn't anything in this film I dislike. There are 3 things that really bother me in this movie. First of all, Romeo can't act. I'm sorry. I really like Romeo! He's such a positive person, and I love the work he and his father does to promote education and positivity in the hip-hop culture...but the man can't act. I didn't even think he could act back when he had his own show on Nickelodeon all those years ago. Secondly, WHERE WAS MARLA GIBBS IN THIS MOVIE?!? I was really excited to see her, and she was on screen for 30 seconds! WHAT?!? This bothers me because Marla Gibbs is a legend! She's paved the way for so many people, and she's done so much in the entertainment business! And, besides, she's in a Madea movie! The two are really funny - could you imagine the possibilities of those two together? But no, she has that quick moment as Madea and the children leave for school. But, oh wait, there's one other moment we see her again: at the end when there's a shot of the congregation in church. She's standing in the front row. But you wouldn't know she's there unless someone told you! WHERE'S THE REST OF HER?!? Why cut all her scenes out?! OK, here's my last problem with the movie: I think that the entire has a pretty good pace and runs pretty smoothly...until the last fifth of the film. From the time Madea gets dressed to the time George meets with Brian in his office, it moves pretty slowly. We see every event that takes place with the characters: they go through airport security, they get on the plane, they fly to New York, they go to their hotel room, they drive to where Madea's supposed to get the money - it's just way too slow! There are some funny moments that come out of some of these scenes, but they do move pretty slowly.On top of that, I think the element of using the "Ghost" movie is kind of a cop-out. I liked where the story had led us to, but then its way out of the situation comes through another movie. And with that, the ending isn't as suspenseful as I was hoping it would be. I would have accepted the slower pace if it was leading up to something suspenseful. Madea spends hours in the office getting this money, and she asks for the 13 accounts instead of the 12...but it's not suspenseful. She goes in, and she comes out. The deed is done, and we move on to the resolution of the movie. Yeah, I wish it was so much more than that.Those are my only problems with the movie. But, despite those things, I still love this movie. The stuff that's good outweighs the stuff that doesn't work. It's new, it's different, and it's funny! I really enjoy this movie! I enjoy it, and you should too! BOOYIKA!