Madea Goes to Jail

2009 "Something big is coming to the big house."
4.6| 1h43m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 16 February 2009 Released
Producted By: Tyler Perry Studios
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.madeagoestojailmovie.com/
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After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
GazerRise Fantastic!
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
flyntygr Unless you want to watch a movie about prostitution don't watch this movie. This movie has the slowest moving plot that seems to revolve more around a district attorney trying to help out a childhood friend turned prostitute than it with Madea going to jail! This movie is a waste of time
DrDesiree Renaud-Hunnicutt I was busy getting ready for the Holiday meal preparing when Madea came on television, it takes a lot to grab my attention but this did. I found this movie to be funny, serious, silly, and a pure joy. I really enjoyed the back to common sense writing mixed in with the crazy antics of a silly senior citizen. Since I've seen this movie I've begun watching all of the crazy antics of Madea, a true pleasure! I look forward to more of Tyler Perry's writings, and please keep it fun and clean like it is now.A fun watch for sure!
aniikas I went to the theatre to see this film and was disappointed. The movie seemed to just go through the motions and not really develop and the plot seemed random. There was a serious main plot that had multiple funny bits in between, but the funny took away from the good stuff. that was throughout.that was what i kept seeing the first couple times i watched the movie after about the fourth or fifth time the plot seemed to mellow out and flow like it should.Before you make quick assumptions about the movie just because it is a Tyler Perry film, watch it like you would any other movie, with no assumptions.
elvisfan187 New rule: If Tyler Perry wants to make another drama, he must not advertise it as a comedy.After looking at the DVD case and seeing the trailer, I was expecting to laugh my ax off. I was expecting a comedy. I mean, look at the dang case! Madea is standing in the middle of a bunch of other characters that I quite frankly don't care about. She's standing in the exact center! And don't even get me started on the trailer. The only thing it showed was Madea's talk about "me time," Madea ticked off about the parking spot, and Madea surrounded by a SWAT team. This movie looked funnier than Norbit, which really isn't saying much but still.I have lied to many people in my life, but the way Tyler Perry lied to us is unforgivable. I loved Daddy's Little Girls. Seriously, that movie is at least a 9/10. But the difference is that I was not expecting a comedy. Perry didn't advertise it that way, he was honest about what to expect. I would've appreciated it if I was warned that Madea is in less than half the movie. That's right, LESS THAN HALF! This is one of the movies where you have to program certain chapters in order for it to be a comedy.For Christ's sake, he put Madea's name in the title of the movie! Isn't he aware of the unwritten rule that if a movie is named after a certain character, he/she better be in 50% of the movie. They need to be the main character which Madea clearly wasn't.This movie needed a different title. For example: Pimps & Hoes, On Your Back for a Fix, or In Love with a Ho.Let me ask you a question, did Top Gun advertise Val Kilmer on the front of the movie case? No. Because he wasn't a main character. Tom Cruise was! This movie reminds me of the Sweetest Thing. Remember how the first part of the movie made you laugh and then Cameron Diaz starts crying and you begin to feel uncomfortable because you weren't expecting this. If I wanted to see or hear people cry about meaningless relationships, I would go back to high school.Anyway, let's get back to Madea. I still can't believe the main characters turned out to be a junkie prostitute and a man who doesn't know how to make crying seem believable. My God, it was like he was laughing with his eyes squeezed shut. Then there's the she-male in a women's prison. Does Tyler Perry really think that they would put a man in a women's prison simply because he had a sex change operation? I've read some comments for people who like to hate on Madea. They would be happy if Madea wasn't in the movie at all. I'm not one of those people. The problem with this movie is that it can't make up its mind on who the main character is and what kind of movie it wants to be. Like a 2-year-old who says he needs to pee and wants you to take him to the bathroom just so he can lay on the floor and laugh at how mad you're getting. Wait, where did that come from? Why couldn't this movie just give equal time to each character the way Boogie Nights did? Could you imagine if Dirk Diggler was only in that movie for less than thirty minutes? That's what Tyler Perry and the editors did to Madea. Maybe THEY wanted to focus on the other characters more than her but I think that I speak for many when I say WE DIDN'T! "I lured her to a house full of horny men who surprisingly raped her!" "Did you know that they were gonna do that to me?" "I called out for you and you weren't there!" This is not what I expected and I don't think I can ever trust Perry again after this crap! I voted 5/10 simply because Madea is in SOME of this film.