The ongoing adventures of Madea (Tyler Perry) continue in 'Madea's Big Happy Family,' now on DVD and Blu-ray, but this time around, Madea takes a bit of back seat in order to showcase her ...

In a return to familiar territory for Tyler Perry after his ill-concieved and indifferently received filmization of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls,” “ Madea ‘s Big Happy Family ...

Not straying too far from Perry’s tried-and-true formula, Big Happy is about Madea’s antics-riddled intervention in family affairs as she helps her cancer-stricken niece, Shirley (Loretta ...

Madea’s Big Happy Family debuted at No. 2 on the rental chart and No. 3 on the Blu-ray Disc sales chart, even though it generated just 9% of its unit sales from Blu-ray.

Madea’s Big Happy Family, based on one of Perry’s successful touring stage plays, is a return to the broad comedy that marked many of his early features.

His latest, clumsily called Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, looks to continue his streak as the most powerful star whose movies most American moviegoers have never seen.

Alas, Madea’s Big Happy Family is defined by a dearth of plausible human behavior; everything is pitched to jarring emotional extremes of good and evil, joy and pain, chitlin’-circuit broad ...

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family In a return to familiar territory for Tyler Perry, "Madea's Big Happy Family" provides deadly serious soap operatics and aggressively rousing religious uplift.

It's official: the latest installment in Tyler Perry's Madea series is on its way. Perry recently released the trailer for "Madea's Big Happy Family," starring ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood ...

The Story: A previously unseen Madea family member is dying of cancer and has to rely on Madea to get her dysfunctional family together to break the news. The Lowdown: Standard Tyler Perry mix of ...

In this exclusive ESSENCE.com clip, Tyler Perry reflects on the inspiration behind “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” which comes out on DVD today. The storyline is inspired by Perry’s mother’s ...

Madea’s Big Happy Family is also a church revival, a stand-up comedy act, a melodrama, a paean to Perry’s late mother, and an American Idol audition. Mainly, though, it’s Perry’s ...