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Madea's Witness Protection

Believe it or not, they know too much.

2012 · 1h 54m · PG-13 Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by Tyler Perry

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Overview

For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.

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Rotten

George's son asks for Wi-Fi, and Madea says, ''Sure, I can make you a waffle.'' That's one of the good jokes.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

He's still a young guy, but all throughout Witness Protection I imagined Perry sitting glumly at a dressing-room mirror, like the aging Chaplin in Limelight, forlornly rubbing makeup in his face -- a tired, old clown stuck in a tired, old routine.

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

The writer-director-star still hasn't learned to smoothly blend broad comedy and family-values sermonizing.

A.A. Dowd, Time Out New York
Rotten

Reviewing a Tyler Perry movie is a bit like reviewing the weather report.

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Rotten

Tyler Perry doesn't have to make sense, or a have a point. He's laughing all the way to the bank.

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic

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